It is reported by "Interfax".

“To stabilize the situation, it was decided to turn off street lighting in the private sector and residential areas of the city, which will help reduce the load on city power grids,” the message says.

The headquarters also stressed that at the moment the city's electricity supply is stable.

At night at the TPP-1 in Ulan-Ude, a short circuit occurred with a fire in the power wires in the cable compartment supplying the control panel.

This led to the shutdown of four heating boilers and a turbine generator “in conditions of low ambient temperatures in the city - down to -30 ° C,” the UK said.

The Mayor's Office of Ulan-Ude will distribute more than 500 heating appliances to residents after the accident.