A power outage affected 1,861 customers in the Lethbridge area on Monday morning, starting around 2 a.m. (CBC - image credit)

Newfoundland Power has traced a power outage on the Bonavista Peninsula back to suspected vandalism at a substation in Lethbridge.

The outage affected 1,861 customers in the Lethbridge area on Monday morning, starting around 2 a.m. NT.

Newfoundland Power spokesperson Glenda Power told CBC Radio's _Newfoundland Morning_ that repairs were underway, with restoration of power expected by noon.

"We've made a report to the RCMP concerning that vandalism and we expect that a news release will come out with a little more information today," Power said.

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