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Ditch on fire in Ramsey after overhead cable falls down

Published: 3:58 PM February 22, 2013    Updated: 4:24 PM November 1, 2020
Ramsey ditch fire

Ramsey ditch fire - Credit: Archant

A FALLEN electrical cable set fire to a ditch this morning (Friday).

Firefighters were called to Benwick Road, Ramsey Forty Foot, at 10.35am, after an overhead cable came down, close to a home.

The fire was extinguished by 11.55am and the cause of fire was an electrical pylon fault.

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