Skip to content

Whitehaven power cut: Emergency generators supplied 1,240 homes

News imageElectricity North West Work ongoing by Electricity North West in the local areaElectricity North West
Homes and businesses in Whitehaven lost power on Tuesday evening

Emergency generators have been supplying 1,240 properties with power after an underground cable fault.

The outage affecting Whitehaven, in Cumbria, was first reported at 20:39 GMT on Tuesday.

Electricity North West said two separate high-voltage cable faults affected a circuit providing power to homes and businesses.

Engineers have now switched power for all properties back to sub-stations with work completed by about 16:00 GMT.

News imagePresentational grey line

Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.