Kinshasa power cable collapse

Kinshasa power cable collapse
Date2 February 2022
Location
Typepower cable collapse
Deaths26
Injuries0

On 2 February 2022, a power cable collapsed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 26 people. The accident occurred at a market in Matadi-Kibala on the outskirts of the capital of the DRC. The cable fell onto houses and shoppers, with the live end landing in a ditch that was filled with rain from earlier in the day. The country's national electricity company said that it believed the cable broke because it had been hit by lightning.[1]

The victims were mostly sellers and customers at the market, but some passers-by were also killed.[2]

Kinshasa's governor Gentiny Ngobila promised to pass new laws prohibiting "anarchic construction" in response to the tragedy. The government paid and arranged for the victims' funerals.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "DR Congo: Power cable collapse at Kinshasa market kills 26". BBC News. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "RDC : la chute d'un câble électrique provoque la mort de 26 personnes sur un marché de Kinshasa". Le Monde (in French). Agence France-Presse. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. ↑ MarketScreener. "Congo bids painful farewell to victims of snapped power cable". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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