"The outage that began last Saturday was caused by an arson attack on a cable bridge in the city's southwest. It initially cut electricity to 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses, with some 100,000 residents left without heat as temperatures hovered below freezing. Power was fully restored over five days, making it the longest blackout in Berlin's postwar history. Wegner, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said he played tennis."
"He said he needed time to "clear his head" after taking phone calls dealing with the blackout, and remained reachable. Social Democrat (SPD) Walter Momper, who was Berlin's mayor from March 1989 to January 1991, told Germany's DPA news agency that Wegner's actions on Saturday as the blackout began deserve an "explanation." "He knew that thousands of households had lost power, and I assume he also knew how long it would last. And he didn't respond appropriately,""
An arson attack on a cable bridge in Berlin's southwest triggered a blackout beginning last Saturday, cutting electricity to 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses and leaving about 100,000 residents without heat as temperatures hovered below freezing. Power was fully restored over five days, marking the longest blackout in Berlin's postwar history. Mayor Kai Wegner said he played tennis for an hour about five hours after the outage began to "clear his head" while remaining reachable. Critics including former mayor Walter Momper and SPD candidate Steffen Krach called for an explanation and faulted Wegner for initially omitting the tennis from his account.
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