Some Isle of Wight homeowners are without power this evening (Thursday) – due to an unplanned outage.

Properties in the Sandown area have been hit, with an outage reported at around 6.30pm.

SSEN says it is aware of the fault and engineers are on site.

The energy provider says an estimated 21 customers are affected, and it aims to have powered restored by 11.30pm.

The affected postcodes are:

  • PO36 9BX
  • PO36 9DR
  • PO36 9DS
  • PO36 9DT