Electricity restored to majority of Belfast City centre businesses
The outage occurred in the Arthur Street and Castle Lane areas just after 1pm. Donegal Place businesses were also hit.
A spokeswoman for NIE Networks said: "“A fault in an underground electricity cable left around 240 customers in Belfast City Centre without electricity on Wednesday lunchtime.
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“Engineers are continuing to work to restore power to the remaining properties.”
Traffic lights around the area were also affected.