Nearly 2,000 homes and businesses in Tameside have been left without electricity this afternoon after a huge power cut.
Around 1,950 properties in the Ashton-under-Lyne area are affected by the outage. Electricity North West said they sending engineers to investigate the problem.
The power is expected to be out until at least 4.45pm, according to the website. A tweet posted by the operator said: "We are aware of a #powercut in #ASHTONUNDERLYNE (OL6) affecting 1950 customers.
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"Our engineer is on their way to investigate. To receive updates on this please DM your full address & contact number. If you or anybody in your household require assistance, please call us on 105."
The full list of affected postcodes can be found in the list below:
OL7 9BB, M35 9UJ, M35 9UA, M35 9WL, M35 9WJ, OL7 9JD, OL7 9AE, OL7 9AQ, M35 9XE, OL7 9JL, M35 9NW, OL7 9DE, OL7 9JG, M35 9WG, M35 9WY, OL7 9DA, OL7 9JB, OL7 9JN, M35 9NQ, M35 9SA, OL7 9AG, OL7 9JS, OL7 9DZ, OL7 9LR, OL7 9BQ, M35 9WN, OL7 9LT, OL7 9BW, M35 9NX, OL7 9AA, OL7 9BH, M35 9TJ, OL7 9JF, OL7 9AB, M35 9XD, OL7 9HJ, M35 9WS, OL7 9JA, M35 9WP, OL7 9BG, OL7 9AL, OL7 9DY, M35 9WW, OL7 9LS, M35 9SD, OL7 9LW, M35 9NG, OL7 9DB, OL7 9JE, OL7 9DX, OL7 9BJ, M35 9NU, OL7 9JW, OL7 9DU, OL7 9JH, OL7 9LU, M35 9NP, OL7 9JQ, OL7 9AW, OL7 9HY, OL7 9LE, OL7 9JY, OL7 9LP, OL7 9LX, OL7 9AD, M35 9WA, OL7 9NZ, OL7 9JR, M35 9AR, M35 9UD, M35 9NS, OL7 9BZ, M35 9NR, OL7 9AR, OL7 9BN, M35 9XQ, M35 9NN, OL7 9AN, M35 9NT, OL7 9BL, OL7 9JP, M35 9WZ, OL7 9JU, M35 9WX, M35 9WR, M35 9NL, M35 9WH, OL7 9BY, M35 9XG, M35 9XF, OL7 9JX, OL7 9JZ, M35 9WQ, M35 9FP, OL7 9TT, OL7 9HZ, M43 7LN, OL8 3JE, M35 9WU, M35 9YA, OL7 9DR, OL7 8AQ, OL7 9QY
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