Over 4,000 homes were left without power in Derry this morning, Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has confirmed.
The outage began shortly after 10.30am and ended at 11.50am when power was restored. Homes and businesses in the Springtown, Foyle Springs, Creggan and Rosemout areas on the cityside were affected.
A spokesperson for NIE said the outage occurred when a contractor damaged an underground cable in the Springtown area.
At the time NIE said they hoped to have power restored as soon as possible but said it could take up until 2.00pm to have the electricity supply restored.
During the outage motorists and pedestrians were advised to take extra care at road junctions and crossings due to traffic lights being out order. A number of shops were forced to close and automated bank dispensing machines (ATMs) also shut down.
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