For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here More than 300 homes are without power after a car crash damaged a substation in Wigan.
The incident initially caused 1,866 properties to lose their electricity at around 6.50pm this afternoon but engineers quickly restored the majority of the supply.
A further 323 homes still have outages but Electricity North West, the company which manages the power supply, says it is working to repair the issue.
In a Tweet, a spokesman for the company said the problem had been caused after a car crash damaged electrical equipment. Homeowners have been warned of a 'high volume' of calls reporting the problems.
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