Work to investigate a possible cemetery in Horspath Road, Cowley, caused a power cut to 100,000 homes and businesses.
The power cut just before noon on Tuesday lasted just under an hour, with many people experiencing shorter blackouts and flickering electricity supply.
A spokesman for Oxford City Council said s sub contractor doing tests at the site for potential new burial space in Oxford went through an electricity cable.
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