Major Power Outage Hits Tameside, 1600 Homes Affected

0:00On March 31st, a major power outage slammed TAMESIDE this morning, knocking out electricity to over 1,600 properties across. Hattersley, Matrim, Broadbottom, Longdendale, and Godly. Electricity Northwest reports one big hit, affecting at least 1,450 homes and businesses, plus a smaller one, impacting one. 193 more, all sparked by an unexpected snag on a high-voltage cable. They kicked off around 108 AM, leaving folks in the dark during the morning rush, with local TAMESIDE radio going off air as a direct hit. Engineers hit the ground running right away, and the company's site now pegs restoration around 1.08 PM this afternoon. They assure everyone they're on it, full throttle to flip the lights back on safe and swift, while hang tight while the crews wrap this up.