Fire safety investigators probe cause of Auckland substation power outage

Fire safety investigators probe cause of Auckland substation power outage
By Fiona Rotherham Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Fire safety investigators are at the site of the big power outage in Auckland today looking into the cause of the blaze that cut power to around 85,000 businesses and households over the weekend. Lines company Vector said work is progressing well on the fire-damaged cables at the Penrose substation with all available crews working on repairing and reinstating them and it hopes to have power restored to everyone by 5am tomorrow. Customers in restored areas are also being asked to conserve power as...