What caused Sydney’s blackout yesterday?

Reports of overgrown weeds causing Sydney’s electricity outage at the peak of the city’s heatwave.

Six lift rescues were performed during a mass power outage in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Source: Twitter @FRNSW

Six lift rescues were performed during a mass power outage in Sydney's eastern suburbs which affected about 45,000 customers on Thursday.

A faulty underground cable interrupted supply shortly before 11.30am on Thursday to more than a dozen suburbs, including Randwick, Bondi, Coogee, Point Piper and Rose Bay.

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