More than 350 homes in Emsworth hit by power cut

HUNDREDS of homes in Emsworth have been hit by a power cut.
By ron Melton
Published 19th Feb 2019, 10:09 BST
Updated 19th Feb 2019, 11:14 BST
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Properties in North Street, Emsworth. Picture: Google Street View

Approximately 400 properties were affected by a fault just after midday on Monday. 

Engineers from SSEN were alerted to the issue and restored power in stages, by 5pm, by switching networks. 

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An SSEN spokeswoman said: ‘We’d like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused by yesterday’s fault in Emsworth and thank them for their patience as our engineers worked to safely restore power as quickly as possible.’ 

The incident came on the same day 64 homes in North End were struck by a blackout at 3.27pm. 

Battenburg Avenue was one of the areas affected and specialist engineers attended the scene.