On January 15th local time, a widespread Outage lasting nearly three hours occurred in multiple districts of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital, and some surrounding towns. Approximately 1.2 million households and electricity-consuming units lost power, affecting over 4.4 million residents. 
The power company stated in a subsequent announcement that the incident was caused by a recent continuous heatwave in the Buenos Aires area, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius on the 15th. This led to excessive electricity consumption by residents, damaging multiple substations and transmission system equipment. Following emergency repairs, power supply has begun to be gradually restored.
It is reported that 11 out of the 15 districts under the jurisdiction of Buenos Aires city experienced power outages, along with several nearby towns. Many public institutions and shops were forced to close, parts of the subway and commuter rail services were suspended, street traffic lights malfunctioned, and traffic in the city was once in chaos.
