Belco reported that some 6,000 residents were without power shortly after 1pm yesterday but it was restored just after 2.30pm.

The outage followed a load shed caused by the shutdown of an engine.

It was the second time within 24 hours that homes had suffered power cuts.

Those affected were in the areas of Camp Hill, Fort Hamilton, Flatts, Fractious Street, Harrington Sound, Parson’s Lane, St George’s and Tucker’s Town, a Belco spokeswoman said. On Monday night cuts affected about 7,000 residents when three engines shut down.

The outages occurred at about 7pm, causing loss of power in some of the mentioned areas.

Extra engines were brought online, restoring electricity to the 14 circuits affected by about 8.15pm.