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16

Aug 2021

Community
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Fallen tree causes power cut in Harrogate district

Published: 16 Aug 2021, 12:28 BST

Updated: 16 Aug 2021, 12:31 BST

by John Plummer

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More than 500 homes in Birstwith and Hampsthwaite were affected this morning when a partially fallen tree was found resting on overhead power cables.

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Birstwith

More than 500 homes suffered a power cut this morning when a partially fallen tree rested on overhead power cables in the Harrogate district.

A total of 568 homes in Birstwith and Hampsthwaite were affected by the incident, which was reported at 10.41am this morning.

Power was restored after about an hour.

A spokeswoman for electricity company Northern Powergrid told the Stray Ferret:

"The tree meant the cable was quite low and we needed to switch off power while we dealt with it."


She added the company had switched the supply while the tree was made safe and power was back on in all the homes affected by 11.33am.



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