Firefighters at scene of electricity pylon blaze on Oldfield Lane in Wisbech as smoke seen across town

An electricity pylon has caused the whole of Wisbech to be “filled with smoke” after bursting into flames.

Appliances from March and Wisbech, alongside a crew from Norfolk, were called at 11.50am to the blaze on Oldfield Lane.

Crews arrived to find an electricity pylon on fire, which then spread to nearby hedging and trees.

Firefighters are currently at the scene and are using hose reels to extinguish the fire.

A resident has told the Fenland Citizen that the “town is filled with smoke and smells of burning plastic”.

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