Ghent (Brussels Morning Newspaper): A power failure at a steel plant from Saturday night to Sunday night was caused by a short circuit. No one was injured. By Sunday afternoon, one generator was fixed, allowing some production to restart, but the third generator is still down. Investigations are ongoing to find out what caused the failure.
A power failure disrupted work at the steel plant from Saturday night to Sunday night. A short circuit caused the outage but no one was injured, and the company assured that safety was not at risk. The incident stopped production at the coke plant, blast furnaces, and the steel plant. The company began addressing the issue immediately, but they do not yet know how serious the breakdown is or what caused it.
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By afternoon on Sunday, the first generator at the facility was fixed, which let the coke plant, blast furnaces, and steel plant start working again, but at a lower level. All departments are getting ready to restart, but production is slower than usual because only part of the power has restarted. Employees and management are working on gradually increasing operations while keeping everything safe.
The third and final generator is still not working, making it difficult to return to full production. It’s unclear when it will be fixed, and investigations are trying to find out what caused the first short circuit.
