London power cut: Blackouts across capital as thousands of homes hit by outage

Tens of thousands of Londoners were left without power today after an electrical station fire lead to blackouts across the capital.

It is estimated that more than 38,000 Londoners were affected across the capital's 37 postcode areas.

The majority of the outages were reported in the Whitechapel area, with clusters in Belgravia, Westminster, Pimlico, Brixton and Wimbledon also being reported.