Fire causes power failure

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Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceShropshire Fire and Rescue Service report on their website, that a fire at Little Bolas damaged an overhead electricity cable. At around 3:05pm on Saturday 4th June, they received a call reporting a fire involving rubbish and a hedgerow, which was also affecting the power cable.
Hodnet Fire crew attended the scene and extinguished the fire using a dry powder extinguisher and a hosereel jet. The crew reported the incident dealt with at 3:56pm.
Western Power Distribution reported that 112 properties lost power as a result of the incident. Many of these were in the Peplow area. Power to all but 20 of them was restored by 5:00pm.