Power has been restored after a blackout hit the popular tourist destination of Bali on Friday, according to the state utility company.
A power outage, which the Indonesian government blamed on a disruption to subsea cables, hit a number of regions of Bali from 4pm, local time, the state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said.
PLN said power had been fully restored to Bali as of early Saturday morning.
The island's airport was also impacted by the outage but inbound and outbound flight traffic continued using backup generators, the airport's general manager Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said, although several departures experienced delays.
Local media said there were reports of confusion on Bali's busiest highways during the Friday night rush hour after traffic light systems went down.
Images shared on social media showed road traffic hold-ups in Bali caused by the outage, and long lines at the airport check-in counters.
Others showed parts of the island plunged into darkness as residents awaited the return of electricity.
[Facebook post]Power began to return a few hours after the blackout.
"State utility PLN managed to restore most of the electricity supply in Bali," spokesperson for President Prabowo Subianto, Prasetyo Hadi, said in a statement on Friday.
"God willing, power connection in Bali will be fully restored tonight (Friday night)," he said.
PLN prioritised restoring electricity to key infrastructure such as government offices, hospitals, the airport, as well as hotels, Mr Hadi said.
The outage was caused by disruption in the subsea cables that connect the electricity system in Bali with Java island, triggering blackouts in a number of areas in Bali, he said.
Bali, Indonesia's main tourist hub, had 6.3 million foreign visitors last year, according to the island's statistics bureau.
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