{"id":106533,"date":"2019-12-09T17:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106533"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T06:21:58","slug":"middelburg-faces-blackout-substation-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/09\/middelburg-faces-blackout-substation-catches-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Middelburg faces blackout after substation catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The whole of Middelburg experienced a blackout earlier this afternoon, as members of the fire brigade rushed to stifle the source of the fire at the substation.<\/p>\n<p>According to DA Ward Councillor, Mr Hennie Niemann, certain parts of Aerorand, Mhluzi and Gholfsig should prepare to sit without electricity until tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106535\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/sub-brand-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/sub-brand-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/sub-brand-1-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was later confirmed that power could be restored to other parts of Middelburg, by switching to other substations.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fault has not yet been determined and an estimated time for restoration remains unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On top of stage four loadshedding, residents of Middelburg should prepare to settle down for a dark night after an electrical fault occurred at the Gholfsig substation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":106534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[22314,22316,22313,22315,15476,22317,12898],"class_list":["post-106533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blackout-in-middelburg-after-substations-catch-fire","tag-gholfsig-fire-at-substation","tag-gholfsig-substation-on-fire","tag-gholfsig-without-power-after-substation-catches-fire","tag-local-news-trusted-news","tag-middelburg-electricity","tag-middelburg-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blackout in middelburg after substations catch fire","gholfsig fire at substation","gholfsig substation on fire","gholfsig without power after substation catches fire","local news trusted news","middelburg electricity","middelburg news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}