Electricity fully restored in Valencia as president demands blackout ‘explanation as soon as possible’ – CSN News

The VALENCIAN President Carlos Mazon said that the electricity had been restored in the region by 4am on the morning of Tuesday, but he wants to know why there was a nationwide blackout.

Mazon stated that the Valencian Community received 31 776 calls between Monday 12.34pm and Tuesday 6.30am.

38% of all calls are related to medical issues, while 10% relate to rescue situations.

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Mazon stated that the fire services of the entire region were involved on Monday in over 500 rescues involving people trapped in elevators.

He added that constant help was provided to citizens, ‘especially people with reduced mobility’.

The president said that he expected ‘explanations and guarantees’ from the government ‘as soon as possible’ and assurances ‘there is no risk of a similar event happening again’.

He added: “This is an urgent debate in Spain that is needed, especially in light of the situation we’re also facing here, in relation to the nuclear energy in Valencian Community.”

“And sooner or later, we’ll have to deal with a problem that some of us warned about for years.”

Mazon said he was ‘waiting’ for the Spanish government to report on ‘what happened and why’.