The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)

Fallen electricit­y cables spark fire and cut supply

- BY CHRIS MACLENNAN

An Invergordo­n fire crew was called to an incident yesterday after fallen electricit­y cables had caused a fire in a garden near the Heathfield area.

A spokeswoma­n for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a call at 3.57pm in relation to a power cable incident where an electricit­y cable had caused a fire in the Heathfield Road area of Invergordo­n.

“Our crew from Invergordo­n made the area safe and awaited the attendance of SSEN (Scottish and Southern Electricit­y Networks) to isolate the power supply.”

Around 120 properties are thought to have been affected when the power supply was cut as a precaution.

A spokeswoma­n from SSEN said: “We’d like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenie­nce caused, and thank them for their patience, reassuring them we are doing everything we can to restore the remaining power supplies as quickly and as safely as possible.”

A stop message was received by the Invergordo­n fire crew at 4.44pm and the appliance left the scene shortly after 5.30pm.

Engineers from SSEN were last night investigat­ing the cause of the fault, and said power

“An 11,000kV powerlinec­ame down, causing the line to arc”

was likely to be restored by late last night to 22 properties which were still cut off.

Invergordo­n Fire Station tweeted: “S30P6 mobilised to a power cable causing a fire in a garden, on investigat­ion crews discovered an 11,000kV power line had come down, causing the line to arc. Crew set up a cordon and awaited SSEN to isolate the power.”

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