Wagga power outage | Residents and businesses left without electricity in the CBD

POWER has been restored to the 385 residents and businesses who have been without electricity this afternoon.

Essential Energy's Riverina Slopes Operations Manager Shawn Eade said crews were able to restore power soon after the outage that happened at 1.27pm.

"Crews were able to reroute the electricity supply around the fault area and progressively restore supply to all customers by 2.10pm" he said.

The cause of the interruption was identified as a foreign object coming into contact with powerlines in the vicinity of Beretta Lane.

Essential Energy urged residents to be cautious around fallen powerlines and other electrical hazards.

"Residents are reminded to report fallen powerlines, network damage, fires or trees contacting powerlines to Essential Energy on 13 20 80 or call Triple-0 if the situation is life threatening," Mr Eade said.

EARLIER

HUNDREDS of homes and businesses have been left without power this afternoon.

A Essential Energy spokeswoman said the outage was reported at 1.27pm.

The 383 customers affected by the outage span from Peter Street across Bolton Park to Home Base shopping plaza.

The spokeswoman said crews are investigating the cause of the power outage.

The power is expected to return by 3.30pm.

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