{"id":31816,"date":"2025-05-06T19:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seehiddenproblems.com\/watch-zetdc-boss-explains-what-caused-highfield-substation-fire-iharare-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:13:42","slug":"watch-zetdc-boss-explains-what-caused-highfield-substation-fire-iharare-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seehiddenproblems.com\/es\/watch-zetdc-boss-explains-what-caused-highfield-substation-fire-iharare-news\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: ZETDC Boss Explains What Caused Highfield Substation Fire &#8211; iHarare News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planck Vision Systems fabrica soluciones de imagen t\u00e9rmica para inspecci\u00f3n port\u00e1til y monitorizaci\u00f3n 24\/7 de aplicaciones comerciales incluyendo: Detecci\u00f3n temprana de incendios, fabricaci\u00f3n, subestaciones y t\u00faneles, cuadros y armarios el\u00e9ctricos, instalaciones de almacenamiento, centros de datos y detecci\u00f3n de temperatura corporal elevada. Nuestra empresa tiene su sede en Santa B\u00e1rbara CA, la capital de las tecnolog\u00edas de detecci\u00f3n por infrarrojos en los Estados Unidos. Fundada en 2020, nuestro equipo de dise\u00f1o ha trabajado conjuntamente durante m\u00e1s de 15 a\u00f1os en sistemas de c\u00e1maras t\u00e9rmicas\/visibles y en productos que actualmente se distribuyen por todo el mundo.  Nuestros sistemas probados se han instalado en todo el mundo en aplicaciones comerciales para la producci\u00f3n y distribuci\u00f3n de energ\u00eda, producci\u00f3n de alimentos, transporte, automatizaci\u00f3n industrial y detecci\u00f3n de temperatura corporal elevada (EBT).<br \/>Acting ZETDC Managing Director, Engineer Abel Gurupira explained what caused the Highfields Substation fire (Image: ZETDC\/X)<br \/><strong>WATCH: ZETDC Boss Explains What Caused Highfield Substation Fire<\/strong><br \/>Acting Managing Director of the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), Engineer Abel Gurupira, has shared what caused the fire that gutted the Highfield Substation on Sunday night.<br \/>The fire has left several areas, including Willowvale, Beatrice, Workington, and Glen Norah, without power.<br \/>Engineer Gurupira said the fire was triggered by a cable fault that got worse over time. He explained that an 11kv cable developed a problem a few days ago and was fixed by ZETDC. But shortly after repairs, the same cable developed another fault, which then spread to a transformer, causing it to catch fire.<br \/><em>&#8220;One of the cables that feeds these clients at 11kv faulted some time back, about three, four days before. This cable was repaired, and on successful repairing, as we tried to restore supplies to the rest of the clientele, there was another fault on the very same cable that occurred. Unfortunately, this fault then went all the way to the transformer, and the transformer caught fire. That&#8217;s precisely what caused the fire outbreak that we have seen on various platforms,&#8221; he explained.<\/em><br \/><strong>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iharare.com\/energy-minister-july-moyo-updates-on-hwange-and-highfield-repairs-heres-when-electricity-will-be-restored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Minister July Moyo Updates on Hwange and Highfield Repairs: Here\u2019s When Electricity Will Be Restored<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Despite the damage, Gurupira said the system was built with backup capacity. While one of the substation\u2019s transformers was destroyed, the second transformer remains in good condition. ZETDC expects to restore power to affected areas by Wednesday, 7 May.<br \/><em>&#8220;The good news is, we have our network in such a way that there&#8217;s some redundancy. Rather than one transformer, we have two transformers at that station. So, it&#8217;s only one transformer that got burnt down completely. The other one is healthy, and we are hoping that by tomorrow we will have restored that one,&#8221; he added.<\/em><br \/>Gurupira added that ZETDC is already supplying temporary power to some areas using other substations. Workington is being powered from the Kambuzuma substation, while Willowvale is receiving electricity from Parkridge.<br \/><em>&#8220;Again, we have other stations that are fed at 132kv to 33. 33kv lines that go to these stations, then enable us to backfeed the other clients that would ordinarily would have been fed from this particular station,&#8221; he explained.<\/em><br \/>Watch the video below:<br \/>Update from the ZETDC Managing Director (A), Engineer Abel Gurupira, at Highfield Substation with insights into the cause of the recent fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HighfieldFaultUpdate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HighfieldFaultUpdate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U5o05JRW7g\">pic.twitter.com\/U5o05JRW7g<\/a><br \/>\u2014 ZETDC (@ZetdcOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZetdcOfficial\/status\/1919463855186428128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 5, 2025<\/a><br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> \t    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiEC-6fnvdO-saQK6Qy6bTGHgqFAgKIhAvun573TvrGkCukMum0xh4?ceid=IN:en&#038;oc=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow Us on Google News for Immediate Updates<\/a> \t<br \/> \t\t\t\tComing from a long line of television and radio personalities, it was only natural for Chris Matambanadzo to venture into the media space. 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