Power restored following major outage in Bognor Regis

By Joe Stack
Published 19th Dec 2019, 10:24 BST
Updated 19th Dec 2019, 10:25 BST
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A number of businesses and homes in Bognor Regis briefly lost power this morning, it is reported.

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.”