Technical defect

10,000 inhabitants without electricity in Montafon

(Bild: Feuerwehr Schruns, Krone KREATIV)

A marten and a faulty socket caused two power cuts at the weekend. Hundreds of Vorarlberg households in Montafon and Brandnertal were affected.  

A faulty transformer led to a widespread power outage in the Montafon on Saturday evening. The four municipalities of Schruns, Bartholomäberg, Vandans and St. Anton im Montafon with a total of around 10,000 inhabitants were affected. According to the police, numerous homes and businesses as well as traffic lights and street lighting were without power. As it turned out, a defective socket was responsible for the incident. 

Fake alarm
The power supply in the four towns went out at around 6 p.m., and the final repair work was completed shortly after 10 p.m. The power outage triggered two fire department operations and one police operation, which was triggered by a false alarm.

760 households affected
And in Brandnertal, around 760 households had to make do without electricity for around one and a half hours from 8.30 p.m. on Sunday. It was reported that a marten had caused a short circuit at a transformer station.