Homes lose power after metal thieves set fire to telegraph pole
A gang of thieves have set fire to a telegraph pole in an attempt to steal copper cable.
The fire caused many local homes and businesses to lose power.
The fire was started in the early hours of Thursday, 29th November near to the Cybi Retail Park in Kingsland Road Holyhead.
Investigating officer PC Joe Hawken from Holyhead Police Station said: “This was a totally mindless and dangerous act as thousands of volts of electricity run through these cables and the consequences of this criminality could have been fatal. We believe the offenders started the fire sometime after midnight and at about 5am that morning the electricity ‘tripped’ knocking off power to a large area of Kingsland and some local businesses. When Scottish Power attended the disruption they discovered the damage and alerted police. I can only assume the fire and subsequent reaction caused such noise that they ran from the scene no doubt contemplating just how close they came to being killed for a relatively small amount of copper.”
PC Hawken later added: “People often think stealing from large corporations is a victimless crime however the consequences are stark and can affect the whole community. Not only have these mindless idiots narrowly escaped death but they also caused a power loss to several households and two local supermarkets causing inconvenience and hardship to hundreds. I would therefore appeal to the community if they saw any suspicious activity in Cybi Retain Park during the early hours of Thursday morning, or knows who is responsible for this act to contact me by phoning 101.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact North Wales Police on 101 or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 and quote RC12197057.
Arrests made after 3 die in house fire
Three people have died in a house fire in Prestatyn in North Wales.
Lee-Anna Shiers, aged 20, was killed with her niece Skye Allen and nephew Bailey Allen when a fire broke out in their flat in Prestatyn.
Miss Shiers’ partner Liam Timbrell, and their baby son are being treated in hospital.
North Wales Police have arrested two tenants from the same building on suspicion of murder.
Firefighters tried to save the victims at the flat in Maes Y Groes, Prestatyn, at around 10pm on Friday 19th October.
A spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service said that the survivors were taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital where they remain in a critical but stable condition.
Detective Superintendent John Chapman said: “My heart goes out to the family and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. We would appeal for anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the Maes y Groes area of Prestatyn yesterday evening to get in contact as soon as possible by calling us on 101. We are deploying family liaison officers to work closely with the next of kin at this difficult time. There is a team of dedicated officers working on specific lines of inquiry in relation to this incident.”