At around 6.40pm today, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) was alerted to an incident at St Clements Gardens, Walpole Roadand Hamilton Road in Bournemouth.
SSEN's practised emergency response procedures have been activated. The emergency services are in attendance and are dealing with the incident with assistance from engineers on-site.
Our immediate priorities are to make the site safe and secure, and to ensure the safety of employees, contractors and members of the public.
The cause of the incident has not yet been established, and SSEN continues to work with the emergency services and other partners to support customers who have been affected.
Further updates will be provided when additional details become available