Esequiel Barbosa da Silva, an Enel employee, died on Saturday afternoon (12), during an operation to restore the electricity grid in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, the electrician was hit by a tree and did not survive . The accident happened in the city of Cajamar.
Silva was on the team trying to correct the power outage after a storm hit the region last Friday (11). In a statement, Enel regrets what happened and states that he is in contact with the employee’s family to provide all necessary support.
After 72 hours, to date, around 340,000 homes are still without power, most of them on the outskirts of the southern part of the city. According to the Military Police, at least five demonstrations took place this Monday (14) due to the lack of electricity. .
The Minister of Mines and Energy (MME), Alexandre Silveira, determined on Sunday (13) that the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) draw up an “emergency action” plan with the aim of restoring electricity in São Paulo. Silveira also demanded “collaboration from all concessionaires”.
According to Civil Defense, The rain this Friday (13), responsible for the blackout, was the biggest gust of wind ever recorded in the metropolitan region, at 107.6 km/h and left seven people dead across the state.
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