MORE than 2,000 homes were left without power tonight after a fault on the network, engineers have said.
MORE than 2,000 homes were left without power tonight after a fault on the network, engineers have said.
Power was interrupted to 2,240 customers in the Bures area, south of Sudbury, at just gone 5pm.
A spokesman for EDF Energy confirmed at 7pm that 872 customers were still off supply.
By 8.21pm he said power had been restored to all the homes.
He said the loss of electricity was a result of a fault on the local high voltage network.
Bures, Leavenheath, Nayland and Assington were all areas that were affected.
Pete Hore, who lives in Leavenheath with his wife Liz, said: “It went off in different areas. One area of Leavenheath went off at 5pm and our end went off just after 6pm.
“We were off for over two hours.
He added: “It is a bit difficult for old people. Those were our first thoughts - to make sure they were ok.”
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