Fire crews attend electricity pole fire in Wisborough Green

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Billingshurst Fire Station said village residents may have no power and crews are working with the electricity firm to get the power back on.

A spokesman for West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said: “We were called to reports of a power line on fire off Harsfold Lane in Wisborough Green at 3.12pm this afternoon.

“Retained firefighters from Billingshurst Fire Station were mobilised to the scene, and upon arrival found one high voltage power pylon on fire.

“Crews extinguished the fire, and remain in attendance at the scene alongside the utilities provider.”

A spokesman for SSE apologised for the outage.

He said: “We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed.

“Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can.

“If you need more information, please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) and quote reference ‘GH7557’”

Power is estimated to be restored around 10pm today, June 26.