Thousands of homes were affected by power cut
THOUSANDS of homes were plunged into darkness after a power cut shortly after 10pm last night.
Residents in Tranent and surrounding areas were left without power shortly after 10pm after a fault at the town's substation.
ScottishPower confirmed "a few thousand" people would have been affected by the fault but said everyone was back to normal within 20 minutes.
A spokesperson said: "We had reports at 10.10pm of a fault and many customers were only off for a few minutes, while some experienced a flickering of lights.
"Our engineers were quickly on the scene and everyone was back by 10.30pm.
"We apologise for any inconvenience this caused."
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