Overview
- Red Eléctrica reported the citywide incident and said crews had recovered about 25 megawatts of the 27 MW system, putting over 90% of supply back by midmorning.
- Local officials said the outage began when a generator group in Zone 11 failed and that its collapse triggered the shutdown of other generator groups.
- Hospital Universitario de Ceuta and other health centers switched to on-site diesel generators to keep critical services running while routine care was disrupted.
- The Planta Desalinizadora remained operational using its own generators, but some neighborhoods saw intermittent returns of power and then short interruptions as technicians worked on repairs.
- Ceuta's small local capacity makes the network sensitive to single-equipment failures, and authorities warn the investigation and repairs will determine how to prevent similar cascades.