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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Blackout is still on in western Cuba as crews rush to repair damaged thermoelectric plant

Cuba Blackout - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All right reserved)

Swaths of Cuba remained without power on Thursday nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel.

Crews worked overnight to repair a broken boiler at one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, but officials have warned that it could take three to four days for power to be fully restored.

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