PUBLISHED : 28 Apr 2025 at 21: 45
People in Spain suddenly found themselves without lights, without transport, and without phone or internet networks
MADRID – Panicked customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a signal as a Spain-wide power outage plunged the country into chaos on Monday.
Carlos Condori, one of millions of people affected in Spain and Portugal, was travelling on the Madrid metro when the blackout brought his journey to a shuddering halt.
“The light went out and the carriage stopped,” but the train managed to crawl into the platform, the 19-year-old construction sector worker told AFP outside a metro station in central Madrid.
“People were stunned, because this had never happened in Spain,” he added. “There’s no (phone) coverage, I can’t call my family, my parents, nothing: I can’t even g
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