There have been reports of widespread disruption to the power network in Eccles along with parts of Weaste and Seedley that started around 10am this morning.
Electricity Northwest says it is aware of the situation which had originally affected up to 6000 properties and they have staff currently onsite investigating the fault. Most of those without power have had it restored although around 700 homes are still without, they hope to have power flowing for those again asap.
The worst affected areas were parts of M5 and M6.
West One was also left in the dark as were parts of Eccles Precinct this morning, the problem has also reportedly affected Salford Royal Hospital which fortunately has backup generators which take over in such a case, the good news is that the power to the hospital has now been fully restored.
The company has now given a timescale of around 13:00pm when they expect services to be fully restored for all customers.
Rumours circulating that the cause was due to our very own Tony Flynn trying to operate his new toaster are unfounded, he still hasn't figured out how to plug it in.
We will update this page as we get more information.
Edited by KARL
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