Several regions of the Czech Republic were affected this Friday by an electric blackout, whose causes are still to be determined. The authorities work on the hypothesis of a technical interruption, and do not have indications that point towards a cyber attack or a terrorist attack. The Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka reported that the trains service in several lines, including the Prague Metro was interrupted. The cut affected 5 of the 14 regions of the country: Liberec, Bohemia del Norte, Bohemia Oriental and Bohemia Central, as well as Prague.
The Czech electric operator informed three in the afternoon that the entire network was already under the usual voltage and the supply was being restored.
The incident has occurred when the memory of the. In that day, more than 55 million people were left without light for more than 12 hours. In the Czech Republic, a country of 10.8 million, the blackout has not had such an expanded or prolonged effect.
Interior Minister Vit rakusan told Czech television that the authorities have no information to suggest that a cyber attack or a terrorist attack has occurred.
The Praguense DPP transport company claimed to have restored its operations after a brief interruption of the subway and traffic traffic on the right bank of the capital. The Czech media reported several people trapped in elevators in some areas of Prague and Bohemia Central.
The company E.ON, which operates part of the electricity network in the south and southeast of the Czech Republic, said that its supply zone was not affected. The electricity network of neighboring Poland also indicated that its systems were not affected.
