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Man arrested over power black-out | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after two electricity poles were cut down in west Belfast on Monday evening. | |
Two people were taken to hospital after the incident. One has been discharged, the other is in a stable condition. | |
About 1,400 homes were left without electricity following the incident which police are treating as criminal. | |
"Two electricity poles holding a fairly major piece of equipment were cut down with what looks like a chain saw," said Kirsty Forsythe from NIE. | |
"I cannot overstate how dangerous this was." | |
The incident happened at 2050 BST. Ms Forsythe said electricity crews, the fire service and an ambulance crew were on the scene at the sub station in the Glen Road area very quickly. | |
Power was restored to customers within an hour and half, she said. | |
NIE crews returned to the scene on Tuesday morning to carry out repair work. |