Dozens of homes have been left without electricity after a power cut in the New Forest this morning.
More than 50 homes in Sowley have been left without power following the outage shortly before 2am on Sunday morning, following a fault to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) overhead network.
The energy company is scheduled to resolve the issue by 1.30pm this afternoon (Sunday, April 13).
It has affected 52 homes in the SO41 and SO42 postcode area.
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In a statement, a spokesperson for SSEN said: “The cause of the power cut is a fault on our overhead network.
“This is the most common type of fault we see, and our teams are very experienced in dealing with these issues.
“In most cases, our engineers are able to get your power back on by simply replacing a fuse at the local substation. However, if the fault is severe, this may take us longer to fix. If this does happen, we will let you know.”
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