A three day operation to restore mains gas to hundreds of homes in Castletown and Colby has been completed.

All but around 30 properties have now been re-connected after a valve at the local production plant failed on Wednesday afternoon.

The fault left more than 700 properties without their supplies.

Acting Managing Director of Manx Gas, Robert Gardner, says engineers haven't been able to enter a few addresses, including holiday homes and boarded-up properties.

Anyone with any queries should ring the normal Manx Gas emergency line - 644444..