Squirrel causes power cut after coming into contact with overhead line
Six Shrewsbury properties suffered a power cut after an electrical transformer blew when a squirrel came into contact with an overhead power line.
Firefighters from Shrewsbury were called to an incident in Crowmeole Lane to reports of a fire at an electricity pylon on Friday evening.
When the crew arrived they found that an electrical transformer had blown and Western Power Distribution were also at the scene. No fire service action was required.
At 8.01pm Western Power reported that six properties in the Crowmeole Lane area had suffered a power cut caused by a problem on its low voltage network.
Shortly afterwards the Western Power Distribution website reported that: "There is currently a fault on our overhead network. Your supply may go off and on while we work hard to resolve this."
The company's engineers worked to fix the issue and all supplies were restored by 12.45am on Saturday.
