The incident at the Escravos Lagos Pipeline caused power cuts at several stations near the major southern city of Edo, an official statement read. “The sudden loss of generation due to interruption in gas supply from these stations caused the national transmission grid to trip off around 20:20 on 2nd January,” it said. The affected areas are accustomed to bouts of blackouts, so the unique cause of these power interruptions went unnoticed by local residents and business owners, Reuters reported. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will restore the gas pipelines soon, but the process of extinguishing the fire “might lead to a complete shutdown of the pipeline segment,” which leads to the states of Lagos, Ondo, and Ogun. “Once the national grid is restored, output from the hydroelectric power stations and all other unaffected gas-fired thermal power stations will be increased to the extent […]