More than 13,000 homes were left without power in Queensland after a botched copper theft attempt sparked a fire in a power substation south of Brisbane.

Energex says it appears someone broke into a substation's cable pit and attempted to cut through an 11,000-volt cable, leaving about 13,000 south-east Queensland customers without…

More than 13,000 homes were left without power in Queensland after a botched copper theft attempt sparked a fire in a power substation south of Brisbane.