Power Outage Hits 1,236 in Andorra la Vella's Riberaygua District for 25 Minutes
A brief blackout disrupted homes and businesses in Andorra la Vella's commercial Riberaygua area on Wednesday afternoon. Utility FEDA fixed the fault swiftly despite traffic chaos from inoperable car park barriers.
Key Points
- Outage struck 1,236 customers in Riberaygua, Pere d'Urg, and nearby streets at 2:45pm Wednesday.
- FEDA teams responded to 2:43pm alert, restoring power progressively by 3:10pm.
- Early reports claimed nearly an hour; official duration confirmed as 25 minutes.
- Car park barriers failed, causing pile-ups on Carrer Pere d'Urg during lunch rush.
A power outage struck 1,236 customers in Andorra la Vella's Riberaygua district and surrounding streets for 25 minutes on Wednesday afternoon, according to final figures from utility provider FEDA.
The disruption began around 2:45pm near Carrer Pere d'Urg, cutting supply to homes and businesses along Avinguda Bonaventura Riberaygua, Pere d'Urg, Callaueta, and nearby travesseres in the commercial Prada Ramon area. FEDA teams arrived promptly after an initial alert at 2:43pm, locating the fault and restoring power progressively. Service returned to normal by around 3:10pm, with the company confirming the outage lasted precisely 25 minutes.
Early media reports and eyewitness accounts described the blackout extending up to nearly an hour, coinciding with peak lunch hours when families were dining and shops were busy. Several businesses shut temporarily, while inoperable barriers at Parc Central car park caused vehicle pile-ups along Carrer Pere d'Urg, easing only after electricity resumed between 3:00pm and 3:10pm.
FEDA's updates evolved over the afternoon: an initial statement noted technicians were on site addressing the issue in the Riberaygua and travesseres zone, followed by confirmation that the problem was resolved less than an hour later. By Thursday morning, the parapublic entity had specified the 1,236 affected customers and exact 25-minute duration.
The company has not disclosed the cause of the fault. All services, including car park operations, normalized shortly afterward.
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