Power cut to affect homes across Waterlooville, Bishop’s Waltham and Fareham for up to three hours

Homes across Waterlooville, Bishop’s Waltham and Fareham lost power this afternoon due to a fault and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks have said it hopes to have power restored between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.

A statement from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said: ‘We’re sorry for the loss of supply. We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed. Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can.

If you need more information, please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity).’

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The postcodes affected include PO16 7BQ, PO17 5BA, PO17 6, PO7 4, SO32 1DS, SO32 1DU, SO32 1NU, SO32 2, SO32 3.

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