Caithness power cut leaves hundreds without power across more than 140 properties; Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) engineers working on a fix
Hundreds of Caithness residents were without electricity on Tuesday afternoon following a power cut.
More than 140 homes and businesses were affected by the outage, which occurred at around 1.45pm and covered an area from Latheron in the south to East Clyth and Clashmore in the north.
A spokesperson for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said: "We're aware of a power cut affecting 142 homes.
"Our engineers are in your local area and working hard to get your power restored as soon as possible.
"At this stage, based on initial investigations, we're aiming to restore your power by 5pm."
They added: "The cause of this power cut is a fault on our overhead network. This is the most common type of fault we see, and out 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."
Fore more details, call SSEN on 105 and quote reference 'QF4922' or visit its Powertrack map at powertrack.ssen.co.uk/powertrack.
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