Sheffield power cut: Power restored after fallen tree left more than 2,500 homes without electricity

Power has reportedly been restored after more than 2,500 homes were left without electricity in Sheffield.

Northern Powergrid reported in the early hours of Monday, December 11 that an estimated 2,570 homes in the area had been left without power.

It said the power cut had been caused by an 'unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area'.

The outage was sparked when strong winds sent a tree crashing down onto overhead power lines as Storm Elin and Storm Fergus hit the city over the weekend.

Timeline of major power cut in Sheffield

The areas affected by the power cut included Stocksbridge, High Green, Chapeltown and Burncross.

At 12.45am on Monday, Northern Powergrid's website said it was estimated that power would be restored by 2am.

But this morning at 8am, Northern Powergrid told The Star that an estimated 2,563 properties remained without power.

Its latest estimate at that time was that power would be restored to all those properties by around 9am.

It said faults with the high voltage network were usually fixed within 90 minutes.

At 11am today, Northern Powergrid's website stated that it was 'currently reviewing how long it will take to get your power back on'.

The website now shows power has been restored to homes in the area.

Northern Powergrid statement on power cut

A spokesperson for Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for electricity distribution across the north east, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, said: "We are aware of the power outages for customers in the S35 2 postcode area of Sheffield.

"The outages related to a high voltage fault caused by a tree falling during high winds, onto overhead power lines.

"Our network engineers safely interrupted power supplies to enable a repair to that section of the network and power was supplied at 7am this morning (11 December) after teams carried out vegetation management of the area.

"We’d like to thank customers for their patience whilst our engineers worked to restore power."