En imágenes: Caos y confusión en las calles de España por el apagón
Confundidas y temerosas, muchas personas se lanzaron a las calles a retirar efectivo de los cajeros, mientras otras intentaban en vano encontrar una señal telefónica para comunicarse con sus seres queridos
People board commuter buses outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
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El caos y la confusión se extendieron por toda España, que sufrió un masivo apagón que dejó al país sin luz este lunes, mientras las autoridades desalojaban a las personas de las estaciones de metro y tren que quedaron paralizadas.
Confundidas y temerosas, muchas personas se lanzaron a las calles a retirar efectivo de los cajeros, mientras otras intentaban en vano encontrar una señal telefónica para comunicarse con sus seres queridos.
Carlos Condori estaba viajando en el metro de Madrid cuando el apagón detuvo abruptamente el tren.
"Se fue la luz y el vagón se detuvo", pero afortunadamente el tren logró avanzar lentamente hasta la plataforma, dijo a AFP este obrero de 19 años fuera de la estación de metro del Banco deEspaña, en el centro de la capital española.
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La gente se quedó "atónita, porque esto nunca había pasado en España", añadió.
"No hay ni cobertura, no puedo llamar a mi familia, a mis padres, nada. No puedo ni siquiera ir al trabajo", agregó.
1 de 6 | People board commuter buses outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)2 de 6 | Passengers stand and wait next to a stopped RENFE high-speed AVE train near Cordoba on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. A "massive" power cut late on April 28, 2025 morning affected the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)3 de 6 | People get off a stopped RENFE high-speed AVE train near Cordoba on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. A "massive" power cut late on April 28, 2025 morning affected the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)4 de 6 | People board commuter buses outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)5 de 6 | People board commuter buses outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)6 de 6 | Spanish Police escort passengers out of the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
En la Plaza de Cibeles, uno de los monumentos más emblemáticos y concurridos de la ciudad, el apagón que dejó inutilizados los semáforos desató una cacofonía de sirenas, silbatos y bocinas de vehículos mientras la policía trataba de controlar el caos del tráfico.
Trabajadores de oficina desconcertados se congregaban en las calles con sus computadoras inservibles, mientras que otras personas decían sentirse aliviadas de no haberse quedado atrapados en ascensores.
Marina Sierra, estudiante de 16 años, intentaba contactar con su padre mientras pensaba en una manera de poder volver a su casa, en los suburbios de Madrid.
"Nos han tenido que evacuar rápido" del colegio en el que estudia, dijo.
"Me estoy quedando impactada porque está todo como superdescontrolado", aseveró.
El caos también se apoderó de Barcelona, la capital de Cataluña, donde lugareños y turistas por igual inundaron las calles en un intento desesperado por averiguar qué estaba sucedido.
La estudiante Laia Montserrat, que vive a una hora de Barcelona, estaba en medio de una presentación cuando ocurrió el apagón.
"Se han apagado las luces y ha empezado a sonar la alarma", recuerda Montserrat, de 19 años.
1 de 6 | People queue at a bus stop after the Lisbon subway has been stopped in Lisbon on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. A "massive" power cut late on April 28, 2025 morning affected the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)2 de 6 | People leave the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)3 de 6 | People wait outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)4 de 6 | People sit in a cafe-restaurant without lights in Tolosa on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. A "massive" power cut late on April 28, 2025 morning affected the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)5 de 6 | TOPSHOT - A man and a child walk through a local market during a massive power cut in Vigo, northwestern Spain, on April 28, 2025. A massive power cut a massive power cut affects the whole of the Iberian Peninsula and part of France on April 28, 2025, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)6 de 6 | Vehicles queue on the M30 ring road in Madrid as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal today, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. The operator, Red Electrica, said it would likely take six to 10 hours to restore power in the country and urged people not to speculate as to the cause of the outage. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
"Como no volvía internet nos han dicho que nos fuéramos a casa y le hemos preguntado a una policía por qué no había internet ni nada, tampoco había trenes", cuenta.
"Y nosotras nos tenemos que ir a casa en tren", explica preocupada Mireia Llahí, otra estudiante de 19 años.
En Madrid, Pilar López intentaba poner en perspectiva la confusión y el pánico de otras personas preocupadas por la comida que habían dejado en sus refrigeradores.
"Hemos sufrido una pandemia, no creo que esto sea peor dijo la mujer de 53 años que trabaja en educación superior.
"Es algo que no nos había pasado nunca antes. Entonces es como todo, ¿sabes? Hasta que uno se acostumbra y empieza a pensar que esto tampoco es el fin del mundo", agrega.
Por Imran MARASHLI, con Rosa Sulleiro en Barcelona
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