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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack_Sparrow" data-source="post: 19772248" data-attributes="member: 106688">Parts of Sri Lanka's capital and its suburbs experienced a power  failure for the second day on Friday, after an island-wide power cut  plunged the country into darkness for several hours a day before.   Ceylon Electricity Board officials said that they were unable to  ascertain the exact cause of Friday's power failure but a probe was  underway.   The CEB on Thursday evening urged the public to use electricity  sparingly until the Norochcholai Power Plant was fully operational.   The Western Province (South) Deputy General Manager quoted in a  local media report said that arrangements had been made to restore the  power supply within hours.   However the CEB said that it was unclear if Friday's power  failure had any connection with the country-wide power breakage on  Thursday.   The Sri Lankan government earlier on Friday said that  investigations had been launched into Thursday's power failure, which is  the second countrywide blackout in five months.   Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a  report from the Power and Renewable Energy Ministry on the power failure  which lasted for several hours, starting Thursday afternoon.   Power and Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told reporters  in the capital that the immediate reason for the blackout was a  lightning strike on the main circuit, transmitting electricity from  Kolpetty, in Colombo to Kolonnawa in the outskirts of Colombo but an  immediate probe had been launched to ascertain the exact reason.   The Minister further said that a safety valve which had been  installed at the Norochcholai Power Station had automatically switched  off following the lightning strike.   Thursday's blackout was the second countrywide power breakage  experienced following the Parliamentary Elections in August last year.  In September, the country experienced an island-wide blackout due to a  technical fault at the Ceylon Electricity Board.</blockquote>

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