Fire at substation leaves hundreds without electricity
Hundreds of residents in Twickenham were left without electricity on 11th June after a faulty fuse caught fire in an electric substation.
The incident in Radnor Road left at least 226 people without power over night and the following morning.
A spokesperson for UK Power Networks said: “The cause of the interruption was traced to a fault on a piece of equipment at our substation which has now been permanently replaced to maintain reliable power supplies for our customers.”
It is thought that the probable cause of the fire is due to the equipment being old or incorrectly installed.
Fire crews from Sutton, Kingston and Twickenham attended the incident and spent around two hours at the scene.
A firefighter from Twickenham, who attended the incident, said: “The building was 95 per cent empty, just with this substation in it. There was a lot of smoke and you could see the residents were fairly worried looking out.”
The UK Power Networks spokesman added: “For safety reasons, our engineers had to isolate power supplies to 226 customers at 10.26pm last night so repair work could take place. This work is still on-going. We appreciate how frustrating it is to be without power and we would like to apologise to affected customers for the inconvenience caused.”