The Depot cinema in Lewes was one of the businesses hit by the power cut
MORE than 5,000 homes and businesses went without power yesterday afternoon.
A large area which of Peacehaven, Lewes, Seaford and Eastbourne suffered a power cut for around two hours from 1pm.
The fault was put down to an underground electricity cable on the high voltage network.
Sorry, power cut is currently affecting most of #Lewes including Depot. We'll let you know when we're back up and running.
— Lewes Depot (@LewesDepot) August 17, 2017
A spokeswoman for UK Power Networks said: “Staff worked quickly and safely to reconnect power to several thousand customers after it was interrupted at 12.58pm and work is ongoing to restore remaining supplies.”
She offered an apology.
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