RESA worker suffers facial burns after electric meter explosion in Herstal
Updated 28 June 2026, 00:00 UTC — A RESA worker was burned in the face after an electric meter exploded in Herstal, in Liège province, 7sur7 reported. The outlet identified the injured person as an ouvrier working for RESA, the Liège-area electricity and gas distribution operator. No official medical update, cause of the explosion compteur electrique, or service-disruption notice had been published by RESA or the City of Herstal at the time of writing.
The immediate concern is the worker’s condition and the safety of electrical-meter interventions. For residents, the incident also focuses attention on how distribution-network work is managed in homes, businesses and public buildings when technicians replace, inspect or repair meters.
The subject is a workplace accident involving a RESA technician and a compteur electrique Herstal incident. RESA is the public distribution network operator for electricity and gas in the Liège area, according to RESA’s own public information and municipal information published by Herstal.
Background
Electricity distribution work in Wallonia sits inside a regulated public-service framework. Herstal’s municipal information says smart-meter deployment forms part of Wallonia’s network modernisation and follows European and Walloon rules on replacing older mechanical meters by the end of 2029.
Impact
Regional — The incident is local to Herstal and the Liège distribution-network area served by RESA. Herstal’s municipal site also notes ongoing RESA-related meter deployment information for residents, placing meter work within a broader local utility programme.