Named in a role in 4 records, and mentioned in the text of 14 entries, between 2020 and 2025.
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One crew from Shropshire Fire and Rescue was mobilised from Telford Central fire station at around 18:44 on 7 August 2025 after a call reporting a fire at an electricity substation on Hinkshay Road, Telford. Personnel from Western Power were at the scene. The...
An explosion and fire occurred at an electricity substation at the top of Hill Street, off Butterley Hill, in Ripley. Witnesses reported a bright flash. Derbyshire Police, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue and Western Power were called out at about 05:00. A cordon...
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,...
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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...
At around 11pm on Saturday 6 March 2021 a fire broke out at the Alma Street substation in Pill, Newport, and 294 customers lost electricity. Western Power said refuse that had been left next to the substation by unknown persons was set on fire, and the fire...
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,...
On 22 May 2020, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire in an inverter on a solar panel farm at East Langford, Kilkhampton, Bude. Two appliances from Bude, one from Holsworthy and a wholetime officer were mobilised. Western Power and the site...
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...
In the early hours of the morning, a fire broke out at a Western Power substation on Longbridge Hayes Road near Longport, North Staffordshire. Five fire crews from Sandyford, Newcastle, Hanley and Burslem attended, using an aerial ladder platform to remove...
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 23 January 2018 a small blast was followed by fire and smoke at an electricity substation on the Ryeford Industrial Estate in Stonehouse. The fire service attended and extinguished the fire. Western Power attended to restore supply. Power cuts affected...
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...
On 9 June 2015, appliances from Bodmin and St Austell attended a fire at a solar farm transformer unit on Copshorn Road, Bodmin. The unit was a shipping container 6.5 metres long and was well alight on arrival. Western Power engineers and a representative of...
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