Huge blackout hits Brit holiday hotspot leaving tens of thousands without power after ‘turbine failed'
A MASSIVE power outage has left a British holiday hotspot completely dark.
Outages began around 5:30pm and were first detected in homes and offices on the island of La Palma.
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The entire island was left dark by the outage
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The isle was left completely dark by the massive outage with tens of thousands of residents left without power.
It is thought the outage was caused by the tripping of a generating turbine.
An estimated 50,289 users across the island have been affected by the huge blackout.
Previous outages have hit the island's major cities with the biggest, Los Llanos de Aridane, left dark in recent months.
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Desperate restoration efforts are underway on the island with authorities scrambling to fix the issue.
Authorities have instructed residents to stay calm as they work to restore power to the island.
It comes after a series of blackouts have hit the island in recent months.
Santa Cruze de Palma, Los Llanos de Aridane and El Paso have all experienced recent power outages.
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The latest of these, on May 8, left the power out for hours and affected several of the eight municipalities in La Palma.
Today's outage has been the worst of the recent blackouts with power out across the whole island and tens of thousands of users affected.
The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres said: "I send all my support to the people of La Palma."
He went on to promise that power would be restored as soon as possible.
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