Thousands in Portland have been without power this morning due to a power cut.
Properties on the southern end of Portland including Southwell and the Bill have been without power since 7.30am this morning.
This is an unplanned fault, currently affecting 390, though 2,435 were impacted at around 8am this morning.
SSEN say that an engineer is currently on the site and that power to be returned to all customers by 12.30pm this afternoon.
A spokesperson for SSEN said: "The cause of this power cut is a fault on our underground network. This is the most common type of fault that we see and our 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."
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