Nigeria, July 18 -- The MainPower Electricity Distribution Company (MEDL) has announced that an ongoing power outage in some parts of the Enugu State metropolis was caused by an explosion at the firm's injection substation in Gariki Area of the state.

The MEDL is a subsidiary of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), an electricity distribution company which was initially serving the five states that make up the South-east.

The MEDL currently distributes power in Enugu while other EEDC subsidiaries serve the four other states in the region.

The spokesperson of the MEDL, Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement on Friday night that the explosion at the substation occurred at about 7:30 p.m.

"It affected the indoor 11kV breaker at th...