A large number of residents of Taif and its villages intend to file cases against the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the recurring power cuts that lasted for several hours on two consecutive days. The outage, they say, caused damages to their electronic appliances leading to large financial losses. These residents are demanding an apology and compensation from the company. The power outage on Wednesday that lasted for more than four hours in Taif caused a number of people to get trapped in elevators in Al-Qumriyah District. The power outage affected Al-Hawiyah, Al-Wash'ha, Al-Ser, Al-Nuzha and Al-Shuhada districts. Power cuts also occurred in Bahra and Hada on Tuesday, forcing pupils out of their schools because of the unbearable heat. Police presence was increased inside districts after incidents of burglaries were reported. Commercial activities in Qunfuda villages stopped because of a four-hour power outage. A source at company's Makkah branch attributed the outage to maintenance work on generators. – With reports from Saud Al-Harthi, Fahd Al-Mutairi and Abdullah Al
