Whitehaven power cut: Emergency generators supplied 1,240 homes
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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.
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- Published28 December 2022
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