Electrical fire causes power cut in York (From York Press)
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Electrical fire causes power cut in Hull Road area of York
10:27am Saturday 4th February 2012 in News
Electrical fire causes power cut in York
HOMES and traffic lights in a part of York were left without power today after a fire started, involving electricity cables.
An underground electrical junction box near Olympian Court, Hull Road, caught light in the early hours and was ablaze when two fire crews from York arrived.
A member of the public had raised the alarm, warning that a manhole cover near the block of flats was on fire.
After the electricity had been isolated by power distribution company YEDL, the fire crew extinguished the blaze.
Power to some homes and to traffic lights in the Hull Road area were expected to be out until mid-morning today as YEDL electricians worked to fix the problem.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said a part of Hull Road had to be closed off for a short period while the fire was extinguished, but the road was later re-opened.
A spokeswoman for Northern Powergrid said the fault, involving underground cables, was reported to them at about 3.10am today and engineers were called to the site.
She said the problem affected power supplies to 137 properties in the Larwence Street and Abbotsford Road area but power was fully restored at about 1.30pm.
"Our engineers are still investigating the cause of the fault and we apologise to all the customers affected for any inconvenience which has been caused," she said.
Comments(11)
Casual_Reader
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3:41pm Sat 4 Feb 12
muckybutt
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4:13pm Sat 4 Feb 12
AnotherPointofView
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5:34pm Sat 4 Feb 12
pedalling paul wrote:Yes Paul. I travelled along Hull Road/Lawrence Street today and went straight through the lights.
Doubtless we will read claims that the temporary absence of traffic lights helped traffic to "flow" better.........
There was almost no traffic waiting. What's the problem with reporting this???
york_chap
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6:45pm Sat 4 Feb 12
AnotherPointofView wrote:Yep - I love it when the lights are faulty. A few weeks back the blossom street/nunnery lane lights were out and instead of the regular long queue on every approach, there were no queues whatsoever. I drove straight up to the lights, waved a couple of pedestrians across and then continued straight over the junction. Makes everyone approach junctions a bit more cautiously too, which is no bad thing.
pedalling paul wrote:Yes Paul. I travelled along Hull Road/Lawrence Street today and went straight through the lights.
Doubtless we will read claims that the temporary absence of traffic lights helped traffic to "flow" better.........
There was almost no traffic waiting. What's the problem with reporting this???
Shame the lights can't be turned off outside of rush hour on some junctions. It would reduce a lot of the needless queues and pollution in York.
ouseswimmer
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8:32pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Magicman!
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9:50pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Casual_Reader wrote:Indeed.... it was noteworthy not having a queue of traffic being caused by having to wait at both sensor-controlled pedestrian crossings that refuse to give a green light because somebody's stepped out onto the road when the lights are red and the red man is showing. I think it was a power outage too because the street lights were off in that patch too.
FunnyI would have thought the fact traffic lights weren't working around Lendal Bridge/Rougier Street and Station Road/Station Rise since this morning would have been more newsworthy?
St Maurices Road is terrible at the junction with Monk Bar at the moment... you can be sat there at 10pm waiting amongst a dozen or so cars at a red light whilst St Maurices Road has a green for 2-3 minutes whilst nothing is there. That setup may work at 4pm, but at 10pm those lights should work according to demand (they sadly can't be turned off due to safety issues with monk bar itself... but junctions like that of Hayleys Terrace could be)
pedalling paul
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11:08pm Sat 4 Feb 12
lioncub
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2:39pm Sun 5 Feb 12
pedalling paul wrote:And I suppose your initial post wasn't predictable???
Several predictable responses. But what if one of you was a mobility or sensory impared pedestrian trying to get across the road against "flowing" traffic. They don't all carry white canes......
mortandindi
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7:52am Mon 6 Feb 12
Discopantaloons
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12:54pm Mon 6 Feb 12
pedalling paul says...
1:57pm Sat 4 Feb 12