Emergency services were called to Chatteris this morning (Friday August 9) after a \"small explosion\" that was caused by electrical wires. Picture: MARK HEMMENT. (Image: Archant)
Emergency services were called to Chatteris this morning after a “small explosion” that was caused by electrical wires.
Emergency services were called to Chatteris this morning after a "small explosion" that was caused by electrical wires.
Police officers and Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service crews attended the incident on the corner between East Park Street and St Martin's Road at around 9.45am.
A police spokesman said: "I believe water got into the electricity supply, causing a small explosion which blew open the manhole covers."
One person said on social media: "I wondered what the bang was!"
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