Power restored following major outage in Bognor Regis

A number of businesses and homes in Bognor Regis briefly lost power this morning, it is reported.
By Joe Stack
Published 19th Dec 2019, 10:24 BST
Updated 19th Dec 2019, 10:25 BST
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The power cut is believed to have started at about 9.25am and affected 7,537 properties in the area.

It was restored 21 minutes later.

Business owner Paul Wells said: "The whole of the town went out. I'm at work at the moment and the whole lot went down. The street is in complete darkness — it's been out for a good ten to 15 minutes.

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"Some shops have closed for health and safety reasons but most people are still hanging around in anticipation [of electricity coming back].

"Business goes on."

A spokesperson for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), said: “We’d like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank our customers for their patience as our engineers worked to restore supplies as quickly as possible.”