Telegraph poles catch fire in Selsey

Fire crews and police responded after two electric telegraph poles were spotted on fire in Selsey.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Sep 2015, 16:39 BST

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Police were called just after 12.30pm on Wednesday, September 2, to a report of two wooden poles smouldering in a field off Ham Road.

Firemen managed to isolate the electricity supply to the pole before extinguishing the blaze.

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No one was reported to have been injured and the incident was handed over to Southern Electric to investigate.

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