Officials monitor the power supply and demand at the System Operation Center of the Power Management Office at the Gyeonggi Headquarters of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). /Courtesy of News1

Power was restored in about two hours after an outage in the Seogyo-dong area of Mapo District, Seoul.

According to Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and others on the 27th, a power outage occurred around 5:10 p.m. in Seogyo-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, and service was fully restored at 7:55 p.m., 2 hours and 40 minutes later.

It was reported that the outage occurred when a moving ladder truck touched a high-voltage line. The accident cut power to 667 households, causing inconvenience to residents.

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