Apology After Villagers Left Without Power For Over Six Hours
Written by HFM News on 10th May 2024
National Grid has apologised after some villagers in Kibworth were left without electricity for over six hours yesterday.
A fault at a substation in Hillcrest Avenue and with an underground cable on Leicester Road caused the outage just after 2.30pm, which initially affected over 1,400 properties and forced some businesses to close.
A generator had to be brought in to help restore supplies, with the final 140 properties not re-connected until just after 9pm.
National Grid has apologised for the outage
National Grid say engineers worked to resolve the issues as quickly as they could and a spokesperson added: “We apologise to everyone affected by these faults for the disruption they have caused.”
A separate incident caused a power cut in Market Harborough town centre at tea-time, with electricity restored by 8.30pm.
