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Thousands lose electricity supply Engineers restore power supplies
(about 1 hour later)
Thousands of homes and businesses north of Norwich have been affected by a power cut. Thousands of homes and businesses north of Norwich were affected by a power cut for just under an hour earlier.
EDF Energy said 6,000 properties had their electricity supply interrupted and at one point 15 sets of traffic lights were knocked out. EDF Energy said 6,000 properties had their electricity supply interrupted just after 0700 GMT.
Engineers have managed to restore supplies to more than 1,400 customers and were working to restore power to those still without electricity. At one point 15 sets of traffic lights were knocked out. Engineers managed to restore supplies to all their customers by 0800 GMT.
The company said it was sorry for any disruption caused by the power cut. The company said it was sorry for the inconvenience and disruption caused by the power cut.
An EDF spokeswoman said: "We appreciate how difficult it is to be without power and would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused."