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Thousands of people are without electricity in Swansea following a fire in a 33,000 volt transformer at a sub-station.Thousands of people are without electricity in Swansea following a fire in a 33,000 volt transformer at a sub-station.
Power company Western Power says the cause of the fire in the Ravenhill area is under investigation.Power company Western Power says the cause of the fire in the Ravenhill area is under investigation.
Thousands of households were affected directly by the blaze itself. At one point 10,000 homes were without electricity, although that fell later to 3,000, with hopes that power could be restored later on Sunday.
More were taken off supply at the request of the fire service while they tackled the blaze, according to a spokesperson. One local resident said he had seen a big black ball of smoke and flames.
Western Power spokesman Phil Davies said 10,000 households were without power at one point on Sunday afternoon, although that later fell to 3,000. More of the homes were taken off supply at the request of the fire service while they tackled the blaze.
He said the company hoped to be able to restore power on Sunday evening, but it was dependent on the fire service allowing access. An eye-witness, Ed Jackson, who lives about 200 yards from the sub-station, realised there was a problem when he saw his fish tank lights were off.
He said he looked out of the window, saw the ball of smoke.
He described it as if car tyres were being burnt, then heard a thudding noise, and at first he thought there had been a plane crash.
"I went to the front door and looked up the street and I could just see this big ball of flames going up in the air," he said.
"So I ran up the road and got up to the traffic lights and at the back of Spar there are two big sub-stations and flames were going up 60 to 70 feet and black smoke was billowing up. Then the fire engines stared coming up the hill.
"They got it under control quite quickly and then it just went back up again when the water stopped."
Western Power spokesman Phil Davies said the company hoped to be able to restore power on Sunday evening, but it was dependent on the fire service allowing access.