Blackout hits Brit holiday hotspot with 'entire Spanish isle affected'

A huge power outage plunged a British holiday hotspot into complete darkness late on Tuesday.

The blackout began at around 5:30pm in La Palma following a generator failure, according to the electricity company Endesa, which reported an error in the generator at the Los Guinchos plant, in Breña Alta.

But Spain's national grid has confirmed that power had been fully restored to the Canary Islands hotspot within three hours, after the blackout affected some 82,000 people.

Earlier, Endesa claimed it does not expect power to be fully restored in the short-term, leading the Canary Islands emergency 112 service to activate the Canary Islands Emergency Plan (PLATECA) in a state of 'alert'.

'The Canary Islands regional government has activated the Canary Islands emergency plan in response to the 'zero power' alert on La Palma,' the emergency services announced.