Power cut near Shrewsbury leaves hundreds without electricity
The incident was first reported at 11.18am
Hundreds of homes were without power following a power cut near Shrewsbury.
National Grid said engineers were ”working hard” to restore power after an incident near Roden, between Shrewsbury and Telford, on Wednesday morning (September 16).
The company said the incident was first reported at around 11.18am.
A spokesperson for National Grid said there was a “fault on the high voltage power lines” in the area, and engineers were “getting it sorted as a priority”.
In an update at 11.25am, the website said 272 properties were off supply, with a map suggesting residents around the Roden and Haughton area were impacted.
By 1.27pm, electricity had been restored to 213 properties.
Full updates can be found online on the National Grid website.
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