Power mainly restored after fire

Engineers have been working day and night to restore the problem

Power has been restored to most of the 45,000 homes affected by a fire at an electricity substation.

The fire happened at 2300 BST on Thursday in Chase Terrace, Burntwood.

By Saturday 5,000 homes were still without power but electricity company Aquila said on Sunday only 50 homes were yet to be connected.

A company spokesman apologised for the disruption and said residents affected would have to write to them to claim compensation.

Claim compensation

Kenton Bradbury, from Aquila, told BBC WM, there was a guaranteed standard payment of £50 if power was off for more than 18 hours and £25 for every 12 hours after.

"About 50 people are still without power but our engineers have been working day and night to restore the problem," he said.

Electricity company Aquila apologised for the disruption and said residents affected would have to write to them to claim compensation.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Tony Poynton, who lives with his wife in a flat in Humphries House, Brownhills, said it was "marvellous" when power was restored on Friday afternoon.

"The freezer food had melted, the fish were gasping and my wife was very nervous, it was very upsetting," he said.

"We were one of the lucky ones on the lower floor for people living higher up it must have been very frightening."