Monkeys break into power station and cause electricity outage for 22m people An island that's home to 22million people was left off-grid after a nationwide blackout was triggered at an electrical power station - by an intruding group of monkeys.
At around 11:30am local time on Sunday, a rogue group of monkeys jumped into the Panadura Power Station in Sri Lanka, with one of them landing on a transmission line sparking the power outage.
And while electricity teams initially said the cause of the power cut at the sub-station south of the capital Colombo was unknown, Sri Lanka's Energy Minister later confirmed the blame lay with the group of animals.
The Managing Editor of the Colombo Gazette said: "If Sri Lanka's entire power supply can be knocked off by a monkey falling on the system at a sub-station well then you really do have a problem.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved the Ceylon Electricity Board's (CEB) request for scheduled power cuts under four categories today and on Tuesday.
