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Vandals plunged hundreds of residents in Princes Town and surrounding communities into darkness on Friday night after damaging critical Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) infrastructure in the Fairfield Housing Development.
The attack left over 450 customers without electricity for several hours, with some remaining without power yesterday, as emergency personnel from T&TEC Distribution South Area carried out repairs to severed underground cables connected to a circuit breaker carrying 12,000 volts of electricity. Although the cables had been cut, they were not stolen. Investigators believe the vandals may have fled the scene before completing the theft, as a slipper and other items were reportedly found near the infrastructure.
In a statement, T&TEC said emergency personnel had restored electricity overnight, but about an hour later, residents reported another outage. The company said the interruption was traced to severed underground cables, prompting crews to return to the site to carry out further repairs. The company said power was restored in phases throughout yesterday, starting from 10 am and was expected to be completed by midday.
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