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Incident Date

07/08/2026

Incident Time

18:55

Number of Appliances

2

Officers in Attendance

Operations

Stations

Minsterley, Shrewsbury

Agencies

National Grid

Incident Types

FIELD / STUBBLE FIRE

Special Appliances

Incident Support Unit

Equipments

Hosereel jet

Station Grounds

Shrewsbury

Street Name

Hencote Lane, Shrewsbury

Details

20mx20m of vegetation and hedge alight below power line. Extinguished using one hosereel jet, and damping down of surrounding area. National Grid in attendance who confirmed all power lines isolated. Believed to be caused by squirrel chewing on cable.