From midnight to the next morning on the 13th of this month, Kawasaki City announced that the power outage of about 70,000 households, mainly in Kanagawa Prefecture, was caused by the damage to the underground power transmission line in the waterworks ordered by the city. bottom.
"We apologize for the inconvenience."
From about 10:30 pm to about 5:30 pm on the 13th of this month, a total of about 70,000 households in the jurisdiction of TEPCO, such as Kawasaki City and Machida City in Tokyo, centered on Aoba Ward in Yokohama City, lost power. The Odakyu Line has suspended driving in some sections.
As a result of investigation by TEPCO and Kawasaki City, it is said that the cause was that the underground transmission line was damaged in the waterworks work that was ordered by Kawasaki City and was being carried out in Asao Ward.
Kawasaki City says, "We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to everyone. We will grasp the details of the accident in detail and take appropriate measures in the future."