Shropshire Star

Fire crew called out to 'electricity cable smoking and sparking' at village pub

Firefighters were called out to a "sparking" electricity cable at a pub in a Shropshire village.

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The Crown & Sceptre. Photo: Google

The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call of smoke coming from a sparking electricity cable at the Crown & Sceptre Inn in Minsterley just before 10am on Monday.

A fire crew was sent from the village station and a team from National Grid also attended.

The service incident log described: "Report of electricity cable sparking and smoking. No action required by fire service."