Power Cut In Kibworth Harcourt

A power cut is affecting the Kibworth area.

The outage at just after 2.30pm initially left over 1,400 properties without electricity, although supplies have since been restored to some.

Over 500 homes and businesses remain without power and National Grid is bringing in a generator to restore supplies by 8.30pm.

A spokesperson for National Grid told HFM: “The power cut affecting customers in Kibworth Harcourt and the LE8 postcode was due to an initial switchgear fault at a substation in Hillcrest Avenue.

“This was followed by a secondary fault affecting an underground cable in Leicester Road.

“Currently about 500 customers are still without power. We are bringing in a generator to restore supplies by 20.30 this evening.

“We apologise to everyone affected by these faults for the disruption they have caused; our engineers are working to resolve this as quickly as possible.”