ALMOST 150 homes have been affected by a power cut in West Cumbria this morning, which has been caused by an 'unexpected incident' with a high voltage cable.
Electricity North West have said that 148 properties have been left without power in Crosscanonby near Maryport with the electricity provider saying a team is on the way to deal with the incident.
On their website, 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.
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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. With high voltage power cuts, we're often able to get many of the homes involved back on before our estimated time of restoration."
The incident was reported at around 7:50am and estimated time of restoration has been set by the provider at 10:46 am this morning, July 26.
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