Blackout in Yishun as electricity supply to certain areas in estate cut off

With the lights out, it's less dangerous.

Mandy How | June 21, 2019, 05:22 PM

Parts of Yishun have no electricity.

Complaints of the phenomenon have surfaced within the last half an hour on Twitter and Instagram.

Users are reporting that traffic lights and at least one lift was not functioning.

One coffee shop appeared to be affected as well.

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How unlucky am I today: Junction traffic road breakdown in all direction. Reporting took 4 minutes 10 seconds, who knew how long this issue has been going on. #landtransportauthority #lta #taxes #yishun

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Some residents living at some of the affected areas, such as Yishun Central, Yishun Ring Road, Yishun Avenue 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 11, Yishun Industrial Street 1 and Yishun Industrial Park A have taken to Twitter as well.

It appeared whole blocks are affected:

https://twitter.com/dolite61/status/1141991452957794304

According to SP Group's tweets, a similar blackout had occurred on the same morning.

Another described the blackout as "massive":

SP Group has confirmed on Facebook that electricity supply to parts of Yishun was disrupted at 4:31pm today.

Officers have been deployed and the company is working to restore the supply.

Investigations are ongoing.

Update: A statement from SP Group reveals that the electricity supply was fully restored in 23 minutes by 4.54 pm.

The blackout was due to cable damage, as a third-party contractor was carrying out works in the area.

You can read the full statement here:

"Electricity supply to parts of Yishun was disrupted at 4.31 pm today. Supply was fully restored in 23 minutes by 4.54 pm.

Our officers were immediately deployed to the affected areas and our priority was to restore supply as safely and quickly as possible.

The incident was due to cable damage that occurred when a third-party contractor was carrying out works in the vicinity."

Top image via Alex Cheah/Twitter