AROUND 240 properties in south Carlisle are experiencing a short power outage this morning.

Electricity in some homes and businesses in the Denton Holme area went down at around 11.30am.

Electricity North West said that their engineers are fixing the issue and they estimate power will be returned to all properties by 2.30pm.

On the company's website, they said the outage was unplanned, and added: "This power cut has been caused by an unexpected incident on the high voltage cable.

"Rest assured we will get your power back on safely and as quickly as possible."