Too hot to Ancona: the city has repeatedly gone into blackout between Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th July, when the peak of criticality occurred with the serious emergency atSalesi pediatric hospitalwhich was literally left in the dark. In fact, the generators in the facility did not work, leaving patients and operating rooms without electricity. The situation then returned to normal around 11 pm, while in the city other serious problems were reported due to power cuts.
Repeated blackouts in Ancona, pediatric hospital in emergency
For over 24 hours now, exceptionally high temperatures have literally brought the country to its knees Ancona and province, dealing with a blackout after the other.
The situation is particularly critical in theSalesi pediatric hospitalwhere for reasons yet to be ascertained the emergency generators struggled to function, with the obvious consequences.
The most serious situation occurred in the Salesi pediatric hospital in Ancona
The firefighters intervened on site to support the health personnel, with three teams from the headquarters and from Osimo. The people present were provided with assistance, while the small patients (some in incubators) were moved.
Alarm called off after 11pm
As of 11pm, the conditions at the pediatric hospital have been stabilizing. emergency generatorswhich initially did not activate correctly, have in fact started to operate regularly.
However, fire crews remained on site to assist medical personnel in case of further breakdowns or disruptions.
The power outage caused further problems, however. Firefighters received numerous calls throughout the day about people trapped in elevators.
In addition to the blackouts, the Ancona firefighters were busy with a train breakdown in Falconara, where it was necessary to transfer 480-500 passengers, including three disabled people and some children, onto two different trains, with significant delays along the entire railway line.
The press release from E-Distribuzione
The technicians of E-Distribution are working to restore the lines. “It is reported that the exceptional heat wave that is affecting the entire Peninsula has caused a series of disruptions to the electricity network in the province of Ancona for the resolution of which the Company has promptly taken action” reads the press release issued today.
“Specifically, this afternoon a double fault occurred in the Adriatico/Passetto area of the municipality of Ancona, affecting two sections of underground cable, caused by the exceptional rise in temperatures and their relative persistence.”
“The Company has carried out automation and remote control maneuvers and is identifying a site where it is possible to lay a temporary cable to re-power the currently isolated section and to install a Power Station (a high-power generator) in the fault area” it is specified.
The excessive heat, however, is causing problems of this type in various areas of Italy, with blackouts affecting both the north and the south of the peninsula.
Photo source: ANSA
Source: notizie.virgilio.it
