More than a thousand properties have been hit by a power cut in west Dorset.

Bridport is experiencing an outage affecting 1275 properties in and around the town centre at the time of writing (1.30pm). 

Traffic light are out, including the junction of Morrisons on South Street, and National Grid says it is working to fix the problem, which was first reported just before 1pm.  

People are unable to pay for petrol at the store or at Burton Bradstock at the time of writing. 

Postcodes affected

DT6 3AA, DT6 3AB, DT6 3AD, DT6 3AE, DT6 3AJ, DT6 3AQ, DT6 3EY, DT6 3JH, DT6 3JQ, DT6 3JW, DT6 3QN, DT6 3QP, DT6 3QW, DT6 3QZ, DT6 3RH, DT6 3UP, DT6 5BQ, DT6 5DA, DT6 5DD, DT6 5DE, DT6 5DG, DT6 5DH, DT6 5DJ, DT6 5DN, DT6 5DP, DT6 5DQ, DT6 5DW, DT6 5DX, DT6 5DY, DT6 5DZ, DT6 5EJ, DT6 5EL, DT6 5EN, DT6 5EP, DT6 5EQ, DT6 5EU, DT6 5EW, DT6 5FD, DT6 5FJ