Power restored to nearly 3,000 Shepparton residents after outages

A Powercor spokesperson said if any properties were experiences further outages, call 13 24 12.

EARLIER: Nearly 3,000 Shepparton residents have been affected by power outages due to falling trees over power lines in the Shepparton South area.

A spokesperson for Powercor said the power went out in the Shepparton area at 12.30pm, with power expected to be restored by 6.30pm on Monday.

Longstaff St was blocked by a fallen tree on Monday afternoon, with emergency services on the scene.

No-one was reportedly injured.

A Powercor spokesperson said customers would be notified of any changes to the restoration period via SMS.

The spokesperson urged the public to not to go near fallen power lines and if they come across further faults to report to the Powercor hotline 13 24 12.