A secondary school will be shut on Monday due to a major gas outage affecting 4,600 properties.
More than 100 Wales and West Utilities engineers have been responding in the Kingsbridge, Malborough and Salcombe area of the South Hams in Devon following damage to a mains pipe on Saturday.
Kingsbridge Community College said the school would be closed with lessons continuing online.
The Mayor of Kingsbridge, Julia Wingate, said the cold weather “compounds the problem”, and added electric heaters and cooking hot plates were being given out to people in the community.
She said the community had been “really caring”, which she said was “really important”.
“Even if you are alright and you are at home with with the heater, it’s still nice to see a friendly face at the door,” she added.
“If you are struggling, please call us and we will do our best to make sure you’re warm.”
On Sunday, Wales and West Utilities said the majority of properties in Malborough, had been isolated and this was the first area where supplies can be restored.
It said engineers had visited 90% of the 4,600 impacted properties.
The outage was caused by a third party working on land at Belle Hill near Kingsbridge, the company added.
