Over £10,000 worth of damage and two hour power cut in Edinburgh as substation targeted by thieves
Some Edinburgh residents were left without electricity for two hours after thieves targeted a substation, causing £10,000 worth of damage.
SP energy Network took to Facebook on Monday evening to share pictures of the substation, in Newbridge, and the damage that had been caused by the thieves and vandals the previous night.
"This resulted in over £10,000 worth of equipment damage and customers being without electricity for over two hours.
They had previously warned customers of an 'unplanned power cut in the EH1, EH3 and EH31 postcode areas of Edinburgh'.