Power was cut off in several areas in Mindanao after unidentified perpetrators set off bombs that toppled two steel pylons of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Patani village, Marawi City.

Beth Ladaga, NGCP Mindanao information officer, said the blast damaged Towers 19 and 20 that caused the isolation of Agus 1 and 2 from the entire Mindanao grid.

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