A large ship broke electrical cables and left, since yesterday (6) night, countless people in the rural area of ​​Limoeiro do Ajuru, near Curralinho, without electricity. The information was confirmed by the City at News from Marajo.

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According to the Chief of Staff, Manoel Pantoja, the ship broke up to three cables that cross the Cupijó River, in the riparian area far from the seat of the municipality and closer to Curralinho, in Marajó. Due to the distance, it is still not possible to know how many families are destitute.

Another aggravating factor, according to Pantoja, is that the line is clandestine and Equatorial, the Pará electricity distributor, is not responsible for maintenance. The chief of staff explained that the power line had been built by the inhabitants themselves, who no longer have the means to pay for maintenance.

Equatorial informed that it had learned of the power outage from the press and stated that “there is no distribution network belonging to Equatorial Energia Pará that serves the communities bordering the informed location”.

National Geographic ship

The Canal 1 Limoeiro page, dedicated to city news on Facebook, reports that the ship that destroyed the power grid is the National Geographic Explorer. Photos taken by local residents show the ship crossing the Cupijó River yesterday.

According to the federal government’s website, the ship is owned by Lindblad Expeditions, flies the flag of the Bahamas and has a capacity of 148 passengers. He would have broken the wiring and would leave, without helping the residents.

The report was unable to contact NatGeo’s press office to confirm the vessel’s location.

On the official page, the ship is described as “our flagship, the National Geographic Explorer, travels from pole to pole each year, spending its winters in Antarctica and its summers in the Arctic. As it crosses the Atlantic, the ship explores the Baltic Sea, Norway, the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Maritimes and the rugged coast of South America.

Internet records show that at the end of September, the ship was in the port of Demerara, Guyana.