4,000 homes in Scunthorpe experience power cut after cable fault
OVER 4,000 homes in Bottesford and Messingham lost power last night after a stretch of cable became faulty.
Shortly before 6pm last night (Saturday, January 5) Northern Power Grid was alerted to a power cut affecting 4,280 homes.
Engineers manually re-routed the power supply in four stages, with all homes re-supplied just before 7pm.
The faulty section of cable has since been isolated pending further investigation, but Northern Power Grid does not believe the power cut to have been caused by cable theft.
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A spokeswoman for Northern Power Grid said: "There is nothing to suggest cable theft at this moment and I think we would have known at this stage if it had been theft. We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience."
The power cut affected businesses as well as homes, with dinner service at The Dolphin Inn, in Bottesford, coming to a standstill.
Chris Johnson, manager of The Dolphin, said: "We were full at the time of the power cut, but had to pretty much shut down service while it happened.
"It couldn't have come at a worse time but we were OK safety wise with backup lighting."
People in Bottesford and Messingham also took to social networking site Twitter to share their thoughts.
Andrew Wilson (@andrewcoydwilson) tweeted: "Power cut AGAIN!!!! #Bottesford".
Colin & Pat Cowling (@ColnPat) tweeted: "Power out in Messingham, romantic candle lit evening in the offing? Or play on the iPad?"
Jake Quickenden (@jakequickenden) was interrupted midway through watching the FA Cup tie between West Ham United and Manchester United. He tweeted: "Power cut at my gaff brilliant gonna miss second half of united #FACup and just stood on a plug!!!!"
John Hendy (@johnnhendo) tweeted: "Saturday night put on hold due to a power cut".
Laura Jayne Hunt (@laura_McElderry) tweeted: "Just been a powercut in Messingham! Scared the hell out of me!"
Comments
by englander61
Tuesday, January 08 2013, 5:04PM
“Its about profits new cables means investment will ask government to help out ,And then charge public more , Got to look after the investors . Should never have been privatized . All company's charge different rates but comes through same old cables government will bail them out or EU will fund it out cash are government gives to them .”
by dellboy1959
Monday, January 07 2013, 8:05PM
“@ Genegenie,
Your not supposed to fit them to your roof you plonker.What you do is have the solar panels in somewhere like India and run the cable back to your house pmsl lol.”
by GeneGenie
Sunday, January 06 2013, 8:18PM
“I've got Solar electricity panels & a fat load of piggin use they were!”
by Hazzers
Sunday, January 06 2013, 7:52PM
“So on the back of theover's comment (of which I agree) the electicity suppliers should be upgrading a lot more mains rather than just those that they have been doing along Brigg Road for months.”
by user_deceased
Sunday, January 06 2013, 7:27PM
“I can't make my mind up, is including a raft of tweets representing the thoughts of ordinary people, or is it lazy journalism to use twitter as a source?”
by therover
Sunday, January 06 2013, 6:39PM
“That's 3 times since October by my reckoning and all at the same time of day. Is the system not up to to tea time demand ? Don't suppose we'll be offered a rebate, just put up with it and continue to pay through the nose for third world service”
by Hazzers
Sunday, January 06 2013, 3:11PM
“The only time I have a power cut is when I forget to charge my token meter”