The fire on substation of TEPCO led to mass blackouts in the capital of Japan

Tokyo, 12 October/Xinhua / - On Wednesday to Tokyo there were mass blackouts, 350 thousand houses remained without electricity because of a fire on one of power company substations "Tokyo the Electrician Pauer" / TEPCO/in vicinities Tokyo. About it reported local mass media.

As were reported by En-Eych-Kay TV channel with reference to a source in City administration Niiza, close to a scene, at first the fire was recorded on a power line near Tokyo, as a result of the building in the capital remained without electricity and movement on at least two lines of the subway was stopped.

According to TEPCO assumption, the fire, most likely, caused damage of a power line of substation that carried out to mass blackouts in the capital. by

As it is reported, at present investigation proceeds. While information on victims at incident did not arrive.