area affected included Serpentine Road, Pitts Bay Road, Point Shares Road, Fairylands, and Mills Share.

Other properties nearby would also have suffered momentary losses of power, said Bermuda Electric Light Company spokeswoman Mrs. Linda Smith.

Mrs. Smith said the power cut occurred at 9.13 a.m., but supplies were restored at 9.27 a.m.

She blamed the problem on "equipment failure'' on a power line crews were working on off Serpentine Road.