Brussels – Without power

An electricity outage affected large parts of the Belgian capital, numerous companies were without power. An incident, cause unknown occurred at Brueghel site. The short power outage had big consequences. The Portalis building, housing a big part of the Brussels judiciary complex (offices of investigating judges, state prosecutors …) was out of power for more than an hour. Secured entrances out of power, phones not working etc. The Luxemburg station (at the European Parliament) was totally in the dark. Several newspapers sites out of order. Most elevators and escalators of the Brussels public transport were out of order for a few hours.

02/10/2012

http://www.dhnet.be/regions/bruxelles/article/409877/mega-bug-electrique-sur-la-capitale.html