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Manchester Evening News
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Helena Vesty

Power cut leaves more than 300 people in Bolton without electricity - engineers are trying to find the cause

More than 300 people have lost electricity this morning amid a power cut in Bolton.

Electricity North West has confirmed that there is a power cut in the BL7 area affecting 316 people.

An engineer is on the way to the scene to investigate the cause, the electricity board has said as it promises more updates shortly.

The current estimated time that power will be restored just before 1.30pm after it was first reported at 10.20am.

The postcodes affected include: BL7 8AQ, BL7 8BJ, BL7 8BT, BL7 8BW, BL7 8BN, BL7 8AL, BL7 8AN, BL7 8AW, BL7 8AY, BL7 8AZ, BL7 8AA, BL7 8AB, BL7 8AD, BL7 8AF, BL7 8AJ, BL7 8AP, BL7 8AR, BL7 8AX, BL7 8BR, BL7 8BS, BL7 8AH, BL7 8AS, BL7 8AT, BL7 8AU, BL7 8BB, BL7 8BD, BL7 8BQ, BL6 6SL, M50 2YR, BL6 6SE, BL7 8BH, BB2 1TS, BL7 8BE, BL7 8AE, BL7 8BA, BL7 8BG, BL7 9QU, BL7 9QW, BL7 9RP, BL7 9UB, BL7 9UE, BL7 9UF, BL7 9UH, BL7 9UJ, BL7 9QS, BL7 9QT, BL7 9QR

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