Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness.

Cuba remained largely without power on Saturday morning after the island´s grid collapsed the night before, knocking out electricity for 10 million people and raising fresh questions about the viability of its antiquated generating system.

Experts have attributed recent blackouts in Cuba primarily to fuel shortages, aging infrastructure and economic sanctions. Outside of Havana, many Cubans have experienced rolling blackouts for weeks.Millions of people in Cuba remained without power for a second night in a row on Saturday as the island nation dealt with a major power outage.

Cuba‘s electric grid collapsed late Friday leading to a nationwide power outage and leaving millions in the dark. At around 8:15 p.m., an outage at the Diezmero substation in Havana caused “a significant loss of generation in western Cuba and,

The collapse follows nationwide blackouts last year that plunged Cuba's frail power-generating system into disarray.