Parts of Yishun have no electricity.

Complaints of the phenomenon have surfaced within the last half an hour on Twitter and Instagram.

Users are reporting that traffic lights and at least one lift was not functioning.

One coffee shop appeared to be affected as well.

Yishun power outage. Kopitiam, traffic lights and lift all down. pic.twitter.com/zwYAnKBvzr — Alex cheah (@11May1995) June 21, 2019

https://twitter.com/aimanmazliii/status/1141989723801395200

Some residents living at some of the affected areas, such as Yishun Central, Yishun Ring Road, Yishun Avenue 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 11, Yishun Industrial Street 1 and Yishun Industrial Park A have taken to Twitter as well.

It appeared whole blocks are affected:

https://twitter.com/dolite61/status/1141991452957794304

287 Yishun Avenue 6 no electricity. Kindly assist to check as no one picks up the hotline number when called. — KA (@amin_kailash) June 21, 2019

According to SP Group's tweets, a similar blackout had occurred on the same morning.

Another described the blackout as "massive":

Holy shit a massive blackout in yishun — Khairi (@khaiwhybye) June 21, 2019

there’s a blackout in the office and i joked asking “is it bc we’re in Yishun” and it turns out yes, yes it’s bc we’re in Yishun bc the whole area was affected lol what even is Yishun this place feels like another dimension — atika🍌 (@aaatiikaaa) June 21, 2019

SP Group has confirmed on Facebook that electricity supply to parts of Yishun was disrupted at 4:31pm today.

Officers have been deployed and the company is working to restore the supply.

Investigations are ongoing.

Update: A statement from SP Group reveals that the electricity supply was fully restored in 23 minutes by 4.54 pm.

The blackout was due to cable damage, as a third-party contractor was carrying out works in the area.

You can read the full statement here:

"Electricity supply to parts of Yishun was disrupted at 4.31 pm today. Supply was fully restored in 23 minutes by 4.54 pm. Our officers were immediately deployed to the affected areas and our priority was to restore supply as safely and quickly as possible. The incident was due to cable damage that occurred when a third-party contractor was carrying out works in the vicinity."

Top image via Alex Cheah/Twitter