As Wokingham borough freezes, around 1,400 homes are without power today after a substation fire.
Areas affected include parts of Wokingham, Barkham and Finchampstead – postcodes in the RG41. The code given by SSE is EC5758.
The substation affected is in The Lilacs, Barkham.
A resident told The Wokingham Paper: “The substation has exploded causing the electricity and heating to go off!”
Firecrews and engineers from SSE are on site and it is hoped that power will be restored by 3.30pm. Because of the cold weather, it is expected that vans serving hot food and drinks will soon arrive to affected streets.
A spokesperson for SSE told The Wokingham Paper: “At the moment we have 1,400 customers affected in parts of Wokingham, Barkham and Finchampstead.
“The power went off just after 9.25am due to a fault at a local substation.
“Staff are on site and we hope to get power back by 3.30pm today. Looking at the conditions, we’re hoping to get hot food and drink vehicles to the area.
“We apologise to all customers affected. Our engineers are doing everything they can to get power back on as quickly and safely as possible.”
Affected postcodes:
- RG41 4DD
- RG41 4DF
- RG41 4DJ
- RG41 4DL
- RG41 4DN
- RG41 4DP
- RG41 4DR
- RG41 4DW
- RG41 4SA
- RG41 4SE
- RG41 4SH
- RG41 4SL
- RG41 4SN
- RG41 4SP
- RG41 4SR
- RG41 4SS
- RG41 4ST
- RG41 4SU
- RG41 4SX
- RG41 4SY
- RG41 4TA
- RG41 4TB
- RG41 4TD
- RG41 4TE
- RG41 4TG
- RG41 4UR
- RG41 4UT
- RG41 4UU
- RG41 4UW
- RG41 4UZ
- RG41 4YY
- RG41 4YZ
