Eerie images show parts of Briggate and the New York Street area in darkness after the power cut, which impacted hundreds of people in Leeds
In a tweet at 6.18pm, Northern Powergrid confirmed the outage. It said:"Hi to all our customers in LS1, LS2, LS22, LS24 & LS27. There is an unexpected power cut affecting 1,002 properties in your area.”
And by 6.45pm, the Connecting Leeds travel account confirmed on Twitter that traffic lights were “all out” on York Street near the Kirkgate Market multi-storey car park, Cross York Street and Harper Street. Pictures showed parts of Briggate in darkness while some buildings were still fully-lit and unaffected.Briggate in Leeds city centre, pictured left, which was partly plunged into darkness during the power cut on Thursday night and, right, traffic lights out near New York Street.
By 8.45pm, power appeared to be restored to the majority of properties in Leeds, according to Northern Powergrid’sPower appeared to be restored to Leeds city centre by 8.30pm on Thursday.
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