Woman climbs the mast and causes a power outage

16,000 households affected

Woman climbs the mast and causes a power outage

Freital, Tharandt and parts of Dresden were without power for a few hours. The reason for this was a woman – a repeat offender.

Power failure in parts of Germany. A woman (40) climbed a power pole on Wednesday morning and thus put her life in danger. The electricity had to be shut off for safety reasons. The Freital, Tharandt and parts of Dresden were affected, as reported by “Bild”. Suddenly nothing worked in the local steel mill either. The loss of production is enormous, as the German medium writes.

A large contingent of emergency services moved out around 10:50 a.m. They tried again and again to contact the woman 20 meters above the ground – without success for a long time. Around 12.15 p.m., the first households were able to be supplied with electricity again. More hours passed before the woman climbed down from the power pole. At 4.30 p.m. it was time. It is unclear what prompted her to take the dangerous action. Police spokesman Marko Laske: “The woman suffered hypothermia. She is currently receiving medical attention.”