The fire at the Uruguayan power station causes a power outage

Montevideo.- A fire that originated on Sunday in a station of the state company electrical power UTE, in Montevideo caused that 45,000 customers from several quarters of The capital will be left without light the local press reported.

According to the local newspaper El País, the affected neighborhoods were Punta Carretas, Parque Rodó, Palermo and part of Pocitos .

The fire of was born on Sunday at 18:00 local time (21:00 GMT) and is controlled

. National Fire Department spokeswoman Mariela Vivone assured the local Telenoche portal that the fire was caused by the " warming of the cables that affected a glass membrane that was on the roof "of the power station.

located in the districts of the capital, as reported by the Municipality of Montevideo, which asked to circulate with caution.