Hundreds of homes and businesses in Wigan have been left without electricity this afternoon after a power cut.
Around 762 properties in the Shevington area are affected by the outage, according to Electricity North West. Engineers are heading to the scene to investigate the problem.
The energy provider's website says that power should be restored by 3.30pm. A tweet posted by Electricity North West said: "We are aware of a #powercut in #Wigan (WN6) affecting 762 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 below:
WN6 8HL, WN6 8HG, WN6 8HS, WN6 8HR, WN6 8BG, WN6 8HE, WN6 8EN, WN6 8HX, WN6 8BE, WN6 8HN, WN6 8HP, WN6 8HD, WN6 8HU, WN6 8HB, WN6 8HW, WN6 8JA, WN6 8JB, WN6 8HF, WN6 8HY, WN6 8HZ, WN6 8JE, WN6 8HQ, WN6 8GL, WN5 0LL, WN6 8PR, WN5 0LW
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