July 6, 2026
Smoke billows out of a building after a lightning strike at the Blue Hills Power Station led to an explosion at the location, creating a disruption on the network and interrupting power supply to multiple areas across New Providence yesterday.
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Lightning strike triggers BPL explosion and massive outages
A LIGHTNING strike that triggered an explosion at Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hills Power Station yesterday deepened public anger over a summer of repeated outages, leaving residents, businesses, hotels, the airport and parts of Princess Margaret Hospital grappling with disruptions as critics accused the Davis administration of failing to fix the country’s electricity crisis.
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