"Announcements Were Made Repeatedly Before"... Power Outage Hits 1,600-Household Apartment Complex

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Tropical nights, making it difficult to sleep without air conditioning, have continued for days. Power outages are occurring one after another as the electricity supply and demand face overloads. The government is also closely monitoring the situation.

Reporter Hong Yeongjae has the next report.

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A notice is posted at the entrance of an apartment complex stating that a power outage occurred due to the heat wave.

The electricity supply to this apartment complex, comprising 1,600 households, was cut off at around 5:46 AM today (August 8).

The sharp increase in air conditioner use overloaded the apartment's electrical facilities.

[Management Office Staff: Starting 10 days ago, we continuously broadcast announcements every 15 minutes every evening. We asked residents to refrain from using air conditioners too much, but it still happened. When the load gets too heavy, it overheats and the fuse blows.]

Because it took time to source replacement parts for the broken equipment, restoration was only completed past 1 PM.

As the 8-hour power outage dragged on, elevator operations halted, forcing delivery workers to walk up and down the stairs, and residents had to go outside because they could not endure the sweltering heat.

[Kim Gwan-sik / Apartment Resident: In the morning, I had no choice but to go to a sauna in front of the complex to use the restroom, wash up, and I just came back a moment ago.]

Seven hours after the blackout began, looking inside the refrigerator, frozen foods are melting like this, and items that need to stay fresh, such as parboiled octopus, are gradually losing their coolness.

A power outage also occurred yesterday evening in Jangjae-ri village, Asan, South Chungcheong Province, which was restored after 5 hours, and an apartment complex with 1,200 households in Suseong-gu, Daegu, suffered a 6-hour power outage overnight, with blackouts continuing in various parts of the country.

As industrial operations resume following the holiday season amid the heat wave, power demand could potentially surpass all-time highs, prompting the government to check power supply and demand response systems while closely monitoring the situation.

(Camera: Choi Dae-woong | Video Editing: Kim Ho-jin | Footage Provided by: Jung Eun-sung)
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