THOUSANDS of Bromsgrove householders returning from work last week were plunged into darkness as a power cut caused chaos across the town.
Around 4,700 homes and businesses were hit by the cut last Thursday night at around 6.30pm.
Many were back on by 10pm but others were still without light at 11pm.
A GPU Power UK spokeswoman said the problem was caused by a high voltage underground cable fault.
"We tried to get people back on as quickly as possible and we would like to apologise."
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