The cause of recent black-outs in the Meadow Springs, Silver Sands and San Remo areas has been levelled at vandalism, with Western Power stating vandals at least partially caused about 3500 homes to lose power earlier this week.
Community concern has been raised over multiple blackouts in the area, with the latest blackout on Monday evening affecting households for more than half an hour before crews could safely restore power.
“The cause of at least one of the outages was vandalism as evidence was found that showed tampering on the network,” a Western Power spokesman said.
“The other outages were investigated but no cause could be identified.”
Western Power requests any customers who see suspicious behaviour to report it to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, and if they see any apparent damage to the network such as a fallen power line, to report it on 13 13 51.
