Rarik works to restore power after outage near Flúðir

Power was cut in Hrunamannahreppur, Reykjadalur and the surroundings of Flúðir because of a fault in Rarik’s distribution network, mbl.is reported.

The outage began at 5.47pm, and repair work is under way. Rarik expects power to be restored at about 10.47pm, which would make the outage last around five hours.

The company did not specify the nature of the fault or say whether it was connected to the outage at Laugás.