Engineers are at work restoring power to part of Euxton after a fallen tree crushed power lines.

Electricity North West has crews on site after a large tree fell and broke an electricity pole.

It is not known at this stage how many homes are affected by the outage.

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The fallen tree came down near Dawber’s Lane during Sunday (8 December) morning as strong winds from the tail-end of Storm Darragh continue to be experienced.

A spokesperson for Electricity North West said: “Customers in Euxton are currently experiencing a power cut after a large tree fell onto our overhead line and broke a pole.

“Our teams are on their way to carry out repairs.”

Around 26 properties are without power as a result and it’s estimated to be back on by 3.30pm on Sunday. Postcodes affected are PR7 6EX, PR7 6EQ, PR7 6EG, PR7 6EH and PR7 6DZ.

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