A NETWORK fault that left thousands of residents across Bendigo has been resolved.

Power was restored to the final Powercor customers at 8pm on Tuesday.

A Powercor spokesperson said a damaged cross-arm caused a fault on the network just before 5pm.

5.52pm

A FAULT in the network left thousands of Bendigo residents without power on Tuesday, a Powercor spokesperson says.

The spokesperson said crews were still investigating the cause of the fault.

About 190 customers remain without power in Maiden Gully.

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The spokesperson said Powercor was expecting to have power back for those residents in the coming hours.

"We thank customers for their patience as our crews work to restore power as safely and as quickly as possible," the spokesperson said.

5.40pm

POWER has been restored to hundreds of homes around Bendigo.

Powercor rectified outages in Long Gully, Marong, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, and Ironbark on Tuesday evening.

About 191 homes in Maiden Gully remain without power.

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Earlier

POWER is out to thousands of residents around Bendigo.

Powercor's website shows 832 properties in Eaglehawk, 657 in Long Gully, and 588 in Marong were without power on Tuesday evening.

Another 141 houses in West Bendigo, 116 in Golden Square, and 30 in Ironbark were also affected.

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Powercor was investigating the cause of the outages.

The company was expecting power to be restored to properties by 7.30pm on Tuesday.

More to come.

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