Fire at Quedgeley power sub-station "suspicious" say police
A fire which broke out at an electricity sub-station in Gloucester has been deemed “suspicious” by police.
Crews were called out to the station in Severnvale Drive, in Hardwicke, at around 5.30am.
The fire caused a powercut affecting around 400 homes in the area with the blackout lasting for around 20 minutes.
It meant many people had to get dressed in the dark.
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A stolen motorbike propped up next to the substation caused it to catch fire.
Police are appealing for information about the incident.
A spokesman for police said: “A fire investigation has deemed the cause of the moped fire to be suspicious and officers are now urging anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the area or with information about the case to call 101, quoting incident 46 of March 14.”
Alternatively information can also be given anonymously on 0800 555 111.
9 Comments
by Sheppy11
Thursday, March 14 2013, 9:48PM
“Lets get the facts straight! this is a major incident with the transformer and switchgear totally destroyed not to mention the building. I counted around 6 electrical engineering vans at the site so am pretty sure everything is being done. Stop winging and accept that incidents like this can and do happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
by paulclark62
Thursday, March 14 2013, 7:27PM
“Severnvale Drive is in Quedgeley ,good reporting hey”
by QwertyOS
Thursday, March 14 2013, 2:01PM
“The power came back on at dead on 1 pm.
A big pat on the back for the men and women who worked hard to get things working.
By the way thanks TiG, for keeping the locals informed.....about the happenings in Rome.”
by QwertyOS
Thursday, March 14 2013, 11:50AM
“TiG, any chance of an update? Instead of posting stories about the Vatican, how about chasing the electric people and keep your local readers informed.”
by Rob_quedgeley
Thursday, March 14 2013, 11:27AM
“Just called the power company for an update.
They're describing it as a serious fault and having been past there that's a decent description.
They've pushed back the time we can expect power to 3pm and I'll be both impressed and surprised if they hit that target.”
by pickleNic
Thursday, March 14 2013, 9:20AM
“Just phoned GPU power UK they say they hope to have power back on by 1pm”
by dctuck
Thursday, March 14 2013, 8:22AM
“Agree with the above comments - far from 20 minutes blackout - it's been out for at least 3 hours now”
by QwertyOS
Thursday, March 14 2013, 8:10AM
“Still no power as at 8.00am. Any updates please?”
by glos_spike
Thursday, March 14 2013, 7:45AM
“Blackout lasted 20 minuets!? Longest 20 minuets I've ever known 2hr 15 minuets and counting!!”