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Power failure - cause revealed
THE MAJOR power cut in Horsham yesterday afternoon (Tuesday February 12) was caused by a fault at a local substation, EDF Energy has confirmed.
The company said 1,400 customers were affected by the blackout.
The wide-scale power failure hit shops and homes in West Street, Worthing Road, Blackhorse Way and The Bishopric, at around 2pm a spokesperson told the County Times this morning (Wednesday February 13).
EDF Energy engineers managed to restore supplies to about a third of the customers by 3.12pm and supplies to the remaining 782 customers were reconnected between 3.46pm and 4.05pm.
The spokesperson said: "We apologise to customers for any inconvenience this caused."
For the full story see the County Times on Friday.
To see our video report click here.
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Saturday 04 February 2012
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Sunny spells
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