Named in a role in 15 records, and mentioned in the text of 16 entries, between 2017 and 2026.
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On 13 October 2026, UK Power Networks engineers were called to a fire at a substation in the Beetons Way area of Bury St Edmunds at 9.56am. UK Power Networks said its teams were working with the fire service to make the equipment safe. Power was interrupted...
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service was called at 4.30pm on 21 September 2026 to a fire at an electricity substation on Caterfield Road in Oxted. Two fire engines attended. Caterfield Lane was closed in both directions between Red Lane and Park Road. The service...
More than 600 households lost power after an electrical substation caught fire in Bridge Place, Godmanchester, on 4 August 2026. Two fire crews from Huntingdon attended, used breathing apparatus and a hose reel to extinguish the blaze, and cleared smoke with...
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A fire occurred at an electrical substation in Oakington, Cambridgeshire, causing a power outage that affected a nearby residential area and a primary school. The outage began in the evening and continued into the following day, forcing the school to close...
A fire broke out at an electrical substation in the Aberdeen Place area of Maida Vale, north west London, on 12 May 2025, around three weeks after a major blaze at the same site. London Fire Brigade received 16 calls and sent crews from Paddington and Harrow....
The St John's Wood electrical substation, on Cunningham Place / Aberdeen Place in St John's Wood, London, operated and owned by UK Power Networks, caught fire for the second time in two weeks. Firefighters were called at 2.10pm on 12 May 2025 after fire broke...
A report says faulty equipment has been blamed for a large fire at a UK Power Networks electrical substation in West London. Around 100 firefighters were called on the morning of 29 April 2025. Injuries, damage and any effect on customers are not stated in...
An electrical transformer caught fire at a substation on Aberdeen Place in Maida Vale, west London, in the early hours of the morning. The operator, UK Power Networks, said the cause was a fault on a piece of equipment within the substation. Fifteen fire...
A fire broke out at an electrical substation on Victoria Passage, Aberdeen Place in St John's Wood. The blaze involved an electrical transformer and spread to the roof of a neighbouring residential block. Around 100 firefighters attended with 15 fire engines,...
On 1 June 2024, cables at an electrical substation on Boundary Road, Chatham, Kent, caught fire shortly after 3am, according to Kent Online, which said the blaze was understood to have started at that time. Smoke was visible from the premises, which lie close...
A fire at an electrical substation cut power to more than 150 homes and businesses in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to a building on Biggleswade High Street at 08:00 BST, and firefighters used breathing...
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called at 10:25pm on 14 June 2023 to a fire in an electricity substation off Conduit Lane in Hoddesdon. Six fire engines attended and found the substation well alight. Power to the nearby area was disrupted, including...
A fire broke out at an electricity substation on Gardiners Lane South in Basildon, Essex, at about 10.18pm on 1 September 2022, according to UK Power Networks, the local distribution network operator. The incident interrupted supplies to around nine thousand...
A fire broke out at an electricity substation on Castor Lane in Poplar on the afternoon of 29 March 2022. Reporting put the start at about 13:00 BST; the fire service was called at 12:48. The fire initially cut power to 28,000 homes in east London. By late...
At about 22:17 on Saturday 22 September 2018, residents near the Woodman Close UK Power Networks substation site in Leighton Buzzard heard a loud bang, and one eyewitness said on social media that there had been flames and explosions. A resident called...
A transformer at Bryant Street substation in Chatham, Kent, burst open, producing a loud explosion that was heard and reported by residents. The incident caused an immediate power outage affecting three high-rise tower blocks in Bryant Street and homes in...
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