Named in a role in 6 records, and mentioned in the text of 7 entries, between 2017 and 2021.
Being named is not a finding of fault. Counts are of records in published reporting, not rates, and the company's role is the one the sources give.
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A fire broke out in the switch room of an electricity substation on Kamienna Close in Stafford, England. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called at approximately 13:15 BST following reports of an explosion and smoke in the area. On arrival,...
A fire broke out at around 21:15 BST at two electricity substations on Semilong Road in Northampton, England, on the Thursday evening. The fire service said the cause was an electrical accident. Twelve people were evacuated from nearby homes. Residents in the...
On the evening of Wednesday 8 July 2020, a pole carrying a 33,000 volt line near the M5 at Burnham-On-Sea caught fire. Western Power Distribution said the line was the 33,000 volt circuit feeding its Burnham Primary Substation. The top of the pole burnt off,...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
A fire broke out at an electricity substation operated by Western Power Distribution in Bugle, near St Austell, Cornwall, on the afternoon of 20 May 2020. Fire engines from St Austell and St Dennis fire stations attended, with crews monitoring the site while...
Shortly after 1.30 p.m. on Sunday 4 August 2019, an electrical substation caught fire on Foleshill Road in Coventry. Two fire engines from Coventry station attended, and police closed the road with a cordon between Cash's Lane and Brooklyn Road. Traffic and...
On the morning of Tuesday 23 January 2018, residents in Little Stoke heard a loud bang and saw the street lose power shortly after 7am. Smoke and an orange glow were then seen coming from an electrical substation near Amberley Road and Clay Lane. Avon Fire...
On 16 October 2017 the primary transformer at the Gwallon Lane electricity substation in Marazion, Cornwall, England, developed a fault and caught fire. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service sent two appliances from Penzance and one each from St Just and Hayle at...
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