Nine postcodes without electricity after area wide power cut in Maidstone
15:46, 16 July 2021
updated: 16:09, 16 July 2021
Some 2,565 homes across nine postcodes in Maidstone have been affected by power cuts.
UK Power Networks say the blackout, which started shortly after 3pm, was caused by an underground electricity cable fault on its high voltage network, causing an area wide power cut.
Electricity has been restored to most homes but 191 are still affected.
Engineers are on their way but it is feared power may not be fully restored until 6.30pm.
It is affecting areas from Eccles, Allington, Tovil, Shepway, Penenden Heath, the town centre and Weavering.
Latest news
Features
Most popular
- 1
The abandoned ‘ghost road’ that once took holidaymakers to the Kent coast
17 - 2
Motorway reopens after fuel spillage in collision
- 3
Dad who took cocaine on holiday still had drug in system when stopped by police
- 4
Rolexes and crypto: How dealer selling drugs from bedroom hid ‘massive profits’
18 - 5
Christmas events cancelled amid weather warning
2
