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Half of Argentina faces blackout as fire knocks out power grid: BBC report
More than half of Argentina was left without power on Wednesday (March 01, 2023) after a fire broke out at the national electricity grid.
Buenos Aires and other major cities of the South American country are wholly or partly affected, reports BBC.
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According to reports, the fire began in open fields and spread to coastal areas, where it damaged vital power lines and shut down a nuclear power plant.
Argentina is experiencing both a heat wave and a drought.
An estimated 150,000 people are still without power in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, the BBC report said.
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