A POWER cut has hit residents this evening, Friday.

The outage, caused by an "unexpected incident" with an underground cable, has hit homes in the Haydock area. 

Electricity North West says that 42 properties have been affected by the power cut.

The matter was reported to them at 6.34pm.

Electricity is expected to be restored to affected houses over the next few hours, by 12.34am on Saturday (November 30).

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In a statement, Electricity North West said: "This power cut has been caused by an unexpected incident with the underground cable that provides electricity to your home or business.

"We didn't know before your electricity went off that this was going to happen but now we know, rest assured we will get your power back on safely and as quickly as possible.

"Please note that all our timescales are estimated based on previous experience and may change if new information becomes available while our engineers are fixing the issue.

"With underground power cuts, we may need to dig to repair the cable and this can sometime extend the length of time you are without power. "

Which postcodes are affected?

WA11 0YR, WA11 0YS, WA11 0YY, WA11 0YN, WA11 0DW, WA11 0DY