The Straits Times, 25 Nov 06
Blackout during EU Energy Meet
Brussels: A European Union energy Ministers meeting plunged into
darkness and a power worker was killed when an electrical short
circuit caused blackouts in parts of Brussels on Thursday,
officials said.
After initially halting talks, the ministers decided to resume in
the darkness, debating proposals for the 25-nations bloc to cut its
use of electricity and fuel. Power returned soon after the debate
was resumed.
A spokesman for electricity networks operator Sibelga said the
power worker who was killed had been hit by a short circuit in a
high-voltage transformer and died on the way to hospital.
