The transmission line from Fig. Ship, numerous others without electricity

Slavonski Brod on Saturday night there was a fire of transmission lines, which also caused the disappearance of electricity in several surrounding villages, the inflammation was very quickly localized and almost all households were given electricity again, the police said in the police.

The Brod-Posavina Police Directorate Operations and Communication Center received a report on Saturday at 9.29 pm on the fire of transmission lines near Grabarje, on the section towards Kindrov, immediately after the football field.

The event was immediately informed by the Center 112, and police were sent to the field to secure the area and determine the circumstances of the fire, said Hini Tomislav Kovacevic of the Public Relations Service of the Brod-Posavina Police Department.

When the police came to the field, the fire was no longer burning and the HEP staff returned electricity again in a very short time to 97 percent of households. Police will determine the cause of the fire.

It is unofficially learned that it was a branch that fell to the transmission line and caused a short circuit and caught fire.