Sri Lanka's energy minister says a monkey "came in contact" with a grid transformer in the south of the capital Colombo.

A monkey caused a major power outage across Sri Lanka by interfering with a grid transformer. The blackout affected many ...

COLOMBO - An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Feb 9, ...

A monkey intrusion at Sri Lankan power station has caused a nationwide blackout, exposing the fragility of the island’s power grid.

An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government ...

An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout yesterday, government ...

Sri Lanka has suffered a nationwide blackout after a monkey fell on an electrical transformer. The outage lasted several hours, although the country's energy ministry has already s ...

Trending| The incident took place in a southern suburb of Colombo, and engineers are currently working to restore power.

An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid substation caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government ...

COLOMBO: An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general islandwide blackout on Sunday (Feb ...

COLOMBO: An intruding monkey in Sri Lanka's electrical grid sub-station caused a general nationwide blackout on Sunday, ...

"One monkey has come into contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system," Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody said.