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IN-DEPTH | Joburg water crisis: Lightning strikes at Orlando substation due to lack of maintenance

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Power substations are not being maintained properly, leading to lightning strikes says one expert. The Orlando substation was recently hit twice resulting in a trip at Eikenhof pump station, which led to no water. (Manolo Guijarro/ Getty Images)

Power substations are not being maintained properly, leading to lightning strikes says one expert. The Orlando substation was recently hit twice resulting in a trip at Eikenhof pump station, which led to no water. (Manolo Guijarro/ Getty Images)

The Eikenhof pump station tripped due to a suspected lightning strike at the Orlando substation in Soweto on Monday evening.

This is the second time this month Eikenhof has experienced a trip due to a lightning strike.

This is also the fourth power outage in three weeks, with the lightning strike on 3 March, causing the first outage.

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