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“EVN heroes” saved Christmas Eve for families

Dominik Stacher and Dominik Graf from the Netz-NÖ-Center in Mistelbach.(Bild: EVN)

Shortly before Christmas Eve, it was threatening to get dark in Altlichtenwarth in the Mistelbach district - but then two "Christmas angels" flew in.

It was shortly after 3 p.m. when the alarm bells, not the Christmas bells, started ringing in the "Am Weinberg" residential complex in the Mistelbach district. Suddenly, the lights in the lamps began to flicker uneasily and some of the electrical appliances began to "stutter". In short, nothing worked properly in the ten apartments.

Christmas Eve without electricity loomed

"We feared that we would literally have to spend Christmas Eve by the light of burning candles," said one of the victims of the erratic electrical supply. But fortunately, two special employees were on duty at the Netz-NÖ service center in the district capital. "We immediately got into our emergency vehicle and drove to the scene of the incident," explain the young but experienced EVN technicians Dominik Stacher and Dominik Graf.

The two experts recognized the cause of the dilemma almost at first glance. They quickly realized that the house connection cable, of all things, was damaged. The repair was carried out without further ado so that the power supply could be restored quickly. For the families concerned, the Christmas holidays were saved at the last minute! The small "electricity miracle" had happened.