Around 440 homes were left without power after arsonists set fire to cables above a Black Country railway embankment.
Vandals struck at the site on the Walsall and Sandwell border, at Bentley Road South, Darlaston, and firefighters had to stop the blaze spreading to an 11,000-vault transformer at about 12.15pm yesterday.
No-one was hurt. Electrical suppliers e-on said power was back on in just over an hour.
Police are investigating.
3 Comments
When caught, give them a few lashes of the birch and see if they do it again. Utter scum, and to those who they belong to, you too are utter scum.
well said Karen
the laws of today dont help stop the people who do the crimes from doing it again. they just see it as fun. bet they couldent do it abroad and get away with it ?
Good-evening!
Too bad!Penalties for crimes like
this are nearly the same all over
western Europe!Time Europe adopted
penalties from the US!They,d think
twice,if the vandals knew a sentance of 10 years plus,with hard
labour a possibility,was waiting
for them!
FJ Bartling,Hilversum,Holland