Power cut leaves swathes of Dundee without electricity

A power cut in Dundee left people living in the DD2 area without electricity.

Scottish & Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) reported an unexpected outage in the city on Thursday afternoon.

Among the streets impacted were Pitfour Street, Cleghorn Street, Baxter Street and City Road.

The outage was reported just after 4.20pm on Thursday afternoon.

The issue was later resolved.

SSEN determining cause of power cut in DD2 area

When the incident was first reported, a spokesperson from SSEN said: “Some customers in the Dundee area have experienced a power outage.

“SSEN engineers have arrived on site and are determining the cause of the outage.

“Further information will be available once they have completed their investigations. SSEN would like to thank customers for their patience and to assure them that we are working as swiftly and safely as possible to ensure power is restored.”