50 homes on Fitzwarren Street in Salford were hit by an hour-long power cut this morning.
Residents reported being woken up by alarm sirens wailing at around 7am.
The failed electricity supply meant car park barriers stopped working, forcing some to miss a morning’s work.
A spokesperson for Electricity North West said the failing was again caused by an underground cable fault.
They said: “The fault caused the loss of power to 48 customers at 7.13am and our engineers restored power to all customers at 8.21am.
“We would like to apologise for any inconvenience and if customers would like any further information they can contact us 24/7 on 0800 195 4141 or @ElectricityNW.”
It’s the latest in a series of power cuts in Salford.
Last month 60 homes and businesses in Ordsall went offline in the early hours and engineers had to be drafted in to dig up the road in order to find a fix.
Two days later over 850 homes were affected by power “blips” in Swinton, Clifton and Pendlebury caused by an underground cable fault.
In January St Ambrose Barlow school had to close for a day when 2,000 homes and businesses in the Wardley area were hit by an overnight power cut.
The largest power outage in recent memory happened across Pendleton, Salford Quays and Chapel Street in November 2015 when almost 20,000 properties suffered a stuttering power supply.
Main image: Fitzwarren Street, Pendelton – Google Street View
