Some residents in the Tongatapu’s Kolomotu’a and Kauvai districts are without power after vehicle crashes.
Tonga Power said the two separate outages were caused by vehicles hitting power poles or other electrical equipment in the areas.
A photo of a brown car, posted on the Tonga Power Facebook account, purportedly shows that it crashed into a power pole at Kolomotu’a, causing a power cut.
A photo of two men, apparently electricians, standing by a power pole was accompanied by the authority’s announcement of the Kauvai’s Longoteme outage.
“Please be advised to customers in the areas of Kolomotua including areas of Sopu and ‘Isileli due to an accident to one of our power poles at Sopu area we will turn off power to your areas to allow for repair and maintenance to the broken power pole.
The emergency power outage is planned for 1.30pm to 5pm today”.
In its Kauvai alert, the company said the outage started from Vaini after a vehicle hit a power pole in Longoteme.
“Please be advised that there is currently a temporary power outage affecting your areas due to a vehicle hitting one of our power poles in Longoteme.
“Our technical team is currently addressing the situation, and we anticipate restoring power within the next two hours.
“We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to resolve the issue”.
