Power cut leaves more than 800 Greater Manchester homes without electricity

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Some 850 homes across north Manchester have been plunged into darkness following a power failure this evening (Sunday, February 2).

The power cut caused by a failure to a high voltage cable was first reported shortly before 4pm, affecting homes in Higher Blackley, Electricity North West reported on Sunday evening.

Engineers are on site and hope to restore power later tonight. Homes and businesses along were among those properties affected, with alarms going off because of the unexpected outage.

A statement from Electricity North West said: "This power cut has been caused by an unexpected incident on the high voltage cable that provides electricity to your home or business. "We didn't know before your electricity went off that this was going to happen but now we know, rest assured we will get your power back on safely and as quickly as possible. "Please be aware that all our timescales are estimated based on previous experience and may change if new information becomes available while our engineers are fixing the issue.