Investigations have revealed that yesterday’s island-wide power outage was the result someone illegally dumping debris near a critical Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) line, according to Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister.

BPL confirmed that the blackout began at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Bannister, who was speaking in the House of Assembly, said the outage “was not caused by our historic generation or our transmission challenges”.

“Specifically, it was caused by someone who appears to have been engaged in illegal dumping,” the minister said.

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