Barbados Light and Power advises the public that there is currently an outage impacting customers in the Searles and Coverley areas. The outage was caused by a large brush fire at Searles which has damaged a pole.
BL&P emergency crews are currently on site and are working to replace the damaged pole and restore power safely. Restoration is anticipated to take several hours.
Barbados Light and Power thanks the public for their continued patience. (PR)