Hundred Left without Power After Major Power Fault in Havant
Hundred of Homes and Businesses in Leigh Park Havant have been left without power after a major power cable caused an explosion this morning. Emergency services were called to Park Parade in Leigh Park this morning after the Mains power cable exploded at the rear of a row a shops. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000IQDhxyDogwU” g_name=”A-Havant” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] The power in parts of Park Parade have been out since about 8.45am. It is understood that that an electrician had been attempting to replace a fuse at a substation close to the Iceland store when the explosion happened, at about 10.30 on Wednesday morning. The force of the blast shot a cast-iron manhole cover into the air. Workers from Scottish and Southern Electric have been called in fix the problem that is in a main join box. Workers are having to work a live cable by digging down to expose and than relocate the cable. It is understood that this is likely to take a number of hours before power is restored.
