Metro power crisis: Illegal connections spark outrage

Duncan Village unit with more than 1,000 illegal connections has already blown up three times this year

Outraged residents are demanding that the Buffalo City Metro take down a “ticking bomb” distribution transformer that was supposed to supply power to eight homes but is instead powering more than 1,000 shacks through illegal connections...

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