Crime & Safety
Emergency response to pylon fire in Sonning Common
The incident occurred on Grove Road in Sonning Common, and Oxfordshire village on the border with Reading, at about 11.20am on Friday, May 15.
Firefighters from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue responded to a blaze on the road, sending crews from Reading stations Caversham Road and Whitley wood to the scene.
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On arrival, crews discovered a fire involving a power pylon.
One hose reel jet was used to extinguish the electrical fire before the crews handed the scene over the engineers from Scottish and Southern Energy, SSE.
The Berkshire firefighters remained at the scene for approximately one hour and 10 minutes before it was successfully extinguished and made safe.