Drone strike in western Libya torches a power substation, triggering outages
- A drone strike ignited a fire at an electrical facility in Zawiya, Libya, on Wednesday.
- The state-run General Electricity Company reported that the power substation was completely burned down.
- The attack caused outages in the southern parts of Zawiya, a city of about 250,000 people.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the drone strikes, which are part of a series of attacks on energy infrastructure.
- The violence comes amid rising tensions between the government of western Libya and local warlord Mohamed Bahroun.
A drone strike ignited a fire at an electrical facility in a western Libyan city on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil facilities that threaten to plunge the country into further chaos.
The state-run General Electricity Company said in a statement that a power substation in the city of Zawiya, which links power plants to homes and businesses, was completely burned down. The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the drone strikes. The power company said the attack resulted in outages across the southern parts of the city, which is located about 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli.
利比亚西部无人机袭击点燃变电站，引发停电
周三，利比亚西部一座城市的电力设施遭到无人机袭击，点燃了大火，导致该设施停运，这是针对能源和石油设施的一系列攻击中的最新一起，威胁着国家进一步陷入混乱。
国有电力公司在声明中表示，扎维亚市的一座变电站被完全烧毁，该变电站将发电厂与家庭和企业连接起来。这座约有25万人口的城市经历了一系列袭击，袭击了石油和电力基础设施。
目前没有任何组织宣称对此次无人机袭击负责。电力公司表示，此次袭击导致扎维亚南部地区停电，该市位于首都的西南约47公里（约30英里）处。