Argentina’s main energy company has said it is “slowly beginning to restore” electricity after a massive power failure left large swathes of the South American country and neighbouring Uruguay in the dark.
It was unclear how many people had been affected by the blackout, but the nations have a combined population of more than 45 million.
Writing on Twitter, Edesur said power had been returned to 34,000 customers as of Sunday morning.
The company said: “The return of electricity generation to the interconnected system of the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires has begun.”
It noted the process would take several hours.
Uruguayan energy company UTE tweeted that the system was being reinstated from scratch.
“There are already coastal cities with service and work continues toward general restoration,” it said.
It added that the blackout was due to a “flaw in the Argentine network” which left the entire country and several regions of Uruguay without electricity.
Argentina’s energy secretary said the blackout happened around 7am local time, when a key interconnection system collapsed.
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