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On the Danish Baltic Sea island Bornholm is on Monday the power out. The authorities announced that Underwater cable that supplies electricity from Sweden has been cut, reports the AP news agency. The cause was not known. “At this point in time there is no reason to speculate about the cause“, said the utility Trefor on its website, according to the information. “And we are in the process of clarifying what is responsible for the blackout.”

The power outage happened just before 8 a.m. Trefor said a third of the population had been restored to care around 9.35am. The entire island should be back on the grid by noon. Bornholm is around 590 square kilometers in size. Almost 40,000 people live on the island south of Sweden.

Last month, two Russian-built natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were damaged by explosions – two leaks were reported off Sweden and two off Denmark. All were in international waters. The authorities in Denmark and Sweden announced that several hundred kilograms of explosives were used for the deliberate act of sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 lines.


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