Nearly 850 properties in Aberdeen were left without power this morning after a fire at an electrical substation.
A fire in Caiesdykes Crescent in Kincorth caused the outage, reported to SSE and the fire serivce shortly before 11am.
The blaze was out by the time crews from Altens fire station arrived at the scene.
Properties in the surrounding area including Caiesdykes Road, Buchanan Road, Gardner Drive, Cairngorm Drive and Matthews Road were without electricity for around two hours.
Engineers managed to reconnect all 845 properties affected by 12.50pm, a spokesman said.
The power supply was re-routed to bypass the substation to allow repair work to take place.
A spokesman for SSE said: “The outage was caused by a faulty piece of equipment catching fire.
“Engineers have been sent to the substation and are dealing with it.
“There was no significant damage and no one was hurt.”
Postcodes affected
- AB12 5ER
- AB12 5ES
- AB12 5ET
- AB12 5EX
- AB12 5HA
- AB12 5HB
- AB12 5HD
- AB12 5HJ
- AB12 5HL
- AB12 5HN
- AB12 5HP
- AB12 5HQ
- AB12 5HX
- AB12 5JA
- AB12 5JD
- AB12 5JJ
- AB12 5JL
- AB12 5JN
- AB12 5JQ
- AB12 5JT
- AB12 5NJ
- AB12 5PQ
- AB12 5PS
- AB12 5PT
- AB12 5SJ
- AB12 5SL
- AB12 5SN
