Portpatrick power restored after substation fire

Image source, Dumfries and Galloway Council

Power has been restored to a south west Scotland village after a fire at an electricity substation.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was called out to the incident shortly after 11:00 on Wednesday.

Scottish Power said it was on the scene quickly and all the properties were subsequently reconnected.

It apologised to customers for any inconvenience from the disruption and said the cause of the incident was being investigated.

Dumfries and Galloway Council said the community resilience team had made checks on elderly residents during the power cut.