UPDATED!
September 2, 2019
Northern Baja California Loses Power from Russian internet attack on power sources!
Most of Tijuana, Mexico, and some
residents in Rosarito, Ensenada and Tecate were without power Monday,
according to Tijuana Fire Director José Luis Jiménez.
According
to information from Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), the
National Center for Energy Control suspended power in an effort to
maintain stability of the national supply following a failure at a plant
in Mexicali.
Twenty-two percent of users in the state of Baja California were impacted, according to the CFE.
Full restoration was expected by 8:30 p.m., according to Jiménez. As of 8:45 p.m. Monday, CFE staff was still working to restore power to customers 'as soon as possible'.
Earlier,
at around 4:30 p.m., 80 percent of the city of Tijuana was reported
without electricity. At 6:30 p.m. the CFE reported 50 percent were still
without power.
Jiménez said two cases of people being trapped in elevators were reported in the Zona Río area.
The
City of Ensenada issued a statement that also reported various areas of
the municipality were without electricity due to a major power failure.
The Tijuana Police Department asked drivers to use caution at traffic lights to avoid accidents.
