UPDATE: Western Power has restored electricity to 32,000 homes affected by yesterday’s power outages.
About 5000 homes in the metropolitan area continue to be affected, most significantly in Bassendean, Bindoon, Trigg, South Lake and Bullcreek.
All available crews have been activated to fix the problem.
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READ NOWUPDATE Western Power has restored power to a large number of the 35,000 homes left without power on Thursday, but some homes are still facing lengthy delays.
“We know that it’s frustrating when you’ve already been without power for some time to see restoration times change,” Western Power posted on Facebook at 2.40pm.
“Restoration times are a guide and are updated as our crews assess damage and hazards on the network.
“Our priority today is to deal with any hazards – anything which may be creating an immediate danger to people – and then proceed to safely restore power.
“The number and nature of the hazards today mean that restoration times may change.
“We’ve cancelled planned works today to free up extra crews to deal with outages. Again we know it’s a frustrating situation, and thank everyone for their patience.
A cold front producing light rain and, combining with dust on insulators from recent dry weather, has caused a large outage.
The most affected suburbs are located along coastal areas across the network, but also include some areas to the east.
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Outages have been reported in:
ARMADALE ASCOT BALDIVIS BASSENDEAN BATEMAN BEACONSFIELD BEDFORDALE BEECHBORO BEELIAR BIBRA LAKE BULL CREEK CALISTA CANNING VALE CAVERSHAM COCKBURN CENTRAL COOLUP CULLACABARDEE DARCH DAYTON EAST ROCKINGHAM FALCON FORRESTFIELD FREMANTLE GINGIN GIRRAWHEEN GNANGARA GRANVILLE GUILDFORD HAMILTON HILL HAZELMERE HENLEY BROOK HIGH WYCOMBE HOPE VALLEY INNALOO JANDAKOT KARRINYUP KELMSCOTT KEWDALE KIARA KINGSLEY KWINANA TOWN CENTRE LANDSDALE LANGFORD LEEMING LOCKRIDGE MADELEY MAIDA VALE MARANGAROO MEDINA MIDDLE SWAN MIDLAND MORLEY MOUNT NASURA MOUNT RICHON MUNDIJONG NOLLAMARA NORTH BEACH ORELIA PARMELIA PINJARRA REDCLIFFE ROCKINGHAM ROLEYSTONE SAFETY BAY SCARBOROUGH SOUTH FREMANTLE SOUTH GUILDFORD SOUTH LAKE SUCCESS THORNLIE TRIGG VIVEASH WANGARA WATTLE GROVE WATTLEUP WELLARD WELSHPOOL WEST PINJARRA WEST SWAN WESTMINSTER WILLETTON WOODBRIDGE WOODVALE