Spain's prime minister vows to investigate power cuts

Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has promised to reveal by the end “the cause of the unprecedented power cuts that hit the Iberian peninsula on Monday, while power operators in Spain and Portugal ruled out the possibility of cyberattack.

Power cuts lasted for several hours, leaving cities in the dark and blocking tens of thousands of travelers to trains. After the impact of this interruption, five people are thought to have lost their lives in Spain. A family of three members has passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a generator in the northwest of the country, a woman has died in waste of oxygen, while another woman lost her life in Madrid by a candle fire.

In a statement Tuesday morning, after electricity had been restored to the two countries, Sánchez stressed that it was still early to understand exactly the cause of the problem, but indicated determined that measures would be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future.

It is clear that what happened yesterday cannot happen again,” he said, announcing the creation of a special commission that will investigate the incident and examine the role of private energy companies.

Prime Minister Sánchez assured that his administration would deal with any reform and measures necessary to prevent the repetition of such an event in the future. /Periscope/