The baseball and basketball games and the urban train service were suspended on Wednesday because of the general blackout suffered by Puerto Rico, where numerous shopping centers also closed.
The Puerto Rico Baseball Federation reported that all the games scheduled for today in the double -to top baseball league have been suspended due to the lack of electric service.
Similarly, the National Superior Basketball matches (BSN) of tonight between the Ponce lions and the pirates of Quebradillas will not be played; and Carolina’s giants before Manatí’s bears.
The main shopping center of Puerto Rico, Plaza Las Américas, in San Juan, closed its doors except for Jcpenney and Sears stores, which will operate with generators.
Other shopping centers such as Plaza del Caribe, in the southern city of Ponce, and Plaza Carolina also reported that they will close for the rest of the day.
Meanwhile, the authorities had to evict dozens of urban train users, in the metropolitan area, after they were stranded during the tour.
The integrated transport authority explained in their social networks that they had initiated the eviction of the units under strict measures and that activated buses to bring users to their final destination.
The blackout also caused chaos in the streets, where the police had to deploy at the main crosses to control traffic because traffic lights do not work.
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Restaurants and coffee shops overflowed from citizens due to the lack of light in houses, except in those that have electric generators or solar panels.
The electric generators were immediately put in hospitals. According to Rosa Castro, president of the College of Health Services Administrators of Puerto Rico, hospitals are operating normally and offering services without setbacks.
“Thanks to emergency protocols and proactive planning of our hospitals administrators, institutions continue to provide essential services with responsibility and commitment,” he explained in a statement.
Castro said that two medical institutions reported partial failures in one of their generators, but the technical teams responded quickly and the situation was controlled.
Luma Energy and gene electrical companies reported that all generatric units came out of service and investigated the cause of the blackout.
According to the data of the Luma portal, at 4:30 p.m. local time, 1,143,933 customers, that is, 77.91%are without electrical service on the island.
The most recent general breakdown reported in Puerto Rico occurred on the eve of the New Year 2025, when 90% of customers ran out of light and the complete restoration of the service took a couple of days.
The Puerto Rico Electric Ret
With EFE information
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