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Fallen cables spark village square fire call

Published: 10:36 AM April 23, 2010    Updated: 4:02 PM November 7, 2020

A FALLEN electricity cable sparked a response from firefighters in Witheridge earlier this morning (Friday). A crew from the village cordoned off an area outside Witheridge Newsagents in the village square after overhead mains cables fell onto a public pa

A FALLEN electricity cable sparked a response from firefighters in Witheridge earlier this morning (Friday).

A crew from the village cordoned off an area outside Witheridge Newsagents in the village square after overhead mains cables fell onto a public pathway and a parked car at around 6.51am.

The incident is currently being dealt with by Western Power Distribution.

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