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Thousands lose power after fire Homes get power back after fire
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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. Electricity has been restored to thousands of homes after a fire in a 33,000 volt sub-station transformer.
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 of Swansea is under investigation.
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. At one point on Sunday about 10,000 homes were without electricity, although that fell to 3,000 before it was returned to all on Sunday evening.
One local resident said he had seen a big black ball of smoke and flames. One local resident described how he had seen a big black ball of smoke and flames from the sub-station.
More of the homes were taken off supply at the request of the fire service while they tackled the blaze. 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. More of the homes were taken off supply at the request of the fire service while they tackled the blaze.
He said he looked out of the window, saw the ball of smoke. 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.
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 Eye-witness Ed Jackson He said he looked out of the window and saw the ball of smoke. 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 Eye-witness Ed Jackson
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.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."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. "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.""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. Temporary dam
The sub-station houses two large generators and the major concern was hundreds of gallons of oil on the site with homes and shops extremely near, but but fire-fighting foam was eventually used to smother the flames.
Nobody was injured and a spokesman for Western Power said early checks pointed to an accident, with no vandalism or any other suspicious indications.
At one point a temporary dam was created to prevent contaminated water reaching local water courses.
The work to replace the damaged generator is likely to take six weeks, but power supplies will be maintained using temporary generators.
Some 7,000 homes were without power for an hour, while the other 3,000 lost it for two-and-a-half hours.
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