Power cut leaves hundreds of homes without electricity in Bury

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Whitefield have been left without electricity following a power cut this afternoon.

Electricity North West says 616 homes and businesses have been affected by the power cut, which was first reported at around 2.30pm today (July 30).

The firm says the power cut has been caused by an 'unexpected incident on our high voltage cable' which provides electricity to several properties in the M45 area.

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Engineers have been sent out to resolve the issue, and Electricity North West hopes to have power restored in Whitefield before 5pm.

In a post on Twitter, a spokesperson for Electricity North West said: "We are aware of a large power cut in Whitefield, Manchester in the M45 area.

"We now have engineers onsite working to restore your power as soon as possible."

Electricity North West says the following postcodes have been affected:

• M45 8SH, M45 8FJ, M45 8NN, M45 8SB, M45 8SD, M45 8SP, M45 8WG, M45 8WL, M45 8WQ, M45 8WA, M45 8WE, M45 8WF, M45 8WH, M45 8WJ, M45 8WS, M45 8NS, M45 8WR, M45 6DP, M45 8NL, M45 8SE, M45 8SF, M45 8SG, M45 8SJ, M45 8SL, M45 8TD, M45 8NB, M45 8NJ, BL9 8NA, M45 8NQ, M45 8QX, M45 8WN, M45 8DZ, M45 8EL, M45 8NP, M45 8NW, M45 8WB, M45 8WW, M45 8WT.

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