site.btaElectrohold Bulgaria CEO: Even Newest, Most Modern Facilities Are Not Immune to Breakdowns Due to Extreme Weather Conditions

The continuous rainfall and wet snow in the conditions of falling temperatures on December 16-17 led to partial power cuts mainly in remote high-mountain areas in southwestern Bulgaria, said Electrohold Bulgaria CEO Karel Kral in a BTA interview on the occasion of accidents in Western Bulgaria caused by the snowfall on Saturday and Sunday. "What we witnessed was the continuous increase in snow cover, toppling of trees and icing, which caused hundreds of wires to break, led to damaged insulators, twisted brackets and broken poles."