Lightning strike triggers province-wide blackout in Oriental Mindoro

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A lightning strike damaged key electrical equipment at the Socorro Substation late Wednesday night, causing a total power interruption that affected the entire province of Oriental Mindoro, the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (Ormeco) said.

In an advisory, Ormeco said the outage occurred at 11:23 p.m. on July 22 after lightning ...