GUYANA Power and Light (GPL) has explained the reason for periods of outages in several city wards on Tuesday.

The utility said two main distribution feeders were burnt but have since been fixed and current was restored to affected areas.
GPL reported that, at approximately 12:39hrs on Tuesday, burnt jumpers on two main distribution feeders (F8 & F9) caused a disruption in service supply to sections of Georgetown.
GPL engineers worked to rectify the issues encountered and power was restored to all affected areas at 16:10hrs.
The areas that were affected are Alberttown, Croal Street, Bourda, Woolford Avenue, Kitty/Campbellville and Prashad Nagar.
Several sections of the capital were plunged into darkness after a loud explosion, accompanied by smoke at the Kingston Power Plant location on Tuesday, caused businesses, too, to be without electricity for several hours.
GPL extends sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused.