More than 600 households lose power after substation fire in Cambridgeshire town

Power wasn’t restored until the early hours of Wednesday (August 5)

More than 600 households lost power after an electrical substation caught fire. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue were called to a fire at an electricity substation in Bridge Place, Godmanchester at around 9pm on Tuesday (August 4).

The road was closed off while firefighters dealt with the blaze. A fire spokesperson said: “At 9.05pm on Tuesday, two crews from Huntingdon were called to a substation fire on Bridge Place in Godmanchester.

“Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the fire and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan. The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental.”

Cambridgeshire Police put a cordon in place and handed over the incident to UK Power Networks (UKPN) at around 11.45pm.

A UKPN spokesperson confirmed 641 customers lost power. The spokesperson added: “UK Power Networks engineers responded to a high voltage network fault in the Godmanchester area of Cambridgeshire on Tuesday evening at around 8.47pm.

“Engineers rerouted power to 641 customers in stages as quickly as possible by 1.22am. Some further customers experienced a brief interruption to their power of just a few minutes. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

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