Hundreds experienced power cuts this afternoon in east Norwich and beyond.
Homes in Sprowston, Thorpe St Andrew, Rackheath, South Walsham, Upton, Wroxham, Horning, Frankfort and Pennygate were affected.
UK Power Networks has said on its website for Sprowston, Rackheath, South Walsham and Upton: "We've had to turn off power in your area so our engineers can safely carry out emergency repairs to the network."
In Thorpe, a spokesperson from the power company said: "An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage network, causing an area-wide power cut."
In Wroxham, Horning, Frankfort and Pennygate, they state: "A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs."
Power came back on from Wroxham and Horning to Frankfort at 4.20pm, from Rackheath to Upton at 2pm and in Thorpe and Sprowston at 2pm.
