Electrical fire at Portsmouth Water pumping station in Havant

AN ELECTRICAL fire at a water pumping station prompted a fire service call out.
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Two crews from Havant put out the fire at the Portsmouth Water pumping station in Martin Road, Havant, at 3.18pm today.

Firefighters said there was lots of ‘popping and banging’ from the electrical intake on the outside of the brick station.

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There was an electrical fire at a pumping station in Martin Road, Havant.There was an electrical fire at a pumping station in Martin Road, Havant.
There was an electrical fire at a pumping station in Martin Road, Havant.

Crews left the site at around 4.15pm after putting out the fire with a high-powered extinguisher.

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