{"id":103253,"date":"2025-08-30T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103253\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:19:07","slug":"bt-openreach-cabinet-destroyed-by-fire-cutting-off-internet-to-homes-in-ellesmere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103253\/","title":{"rendered":"BT Openreach cabinet destroyed by fire, cutting off internet to homes in Ellesmere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BT Openreach cabinet on Birch Road in Ellesmere was destroyed by fire on Friday night, 29 August, leaving properties connected to the cabinet without internet connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-fire-involving-the-BT-Openreach-cabinet-on-Birch-Road-was-well-alight-whenb-firefighters-arrived.jpeg\" alt=\"The fire involving the BT Openreach cabinet on Birch Road was well alight when firefighters arrived. Photo: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service\" class=\"wp-image-235462\"  \/>The fire involving the BT Openreach cabinet on Birch Road was well alight when firefighters arrived. Photo: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene at approximately 8.30 pm, following reports of a fire involving the telecommunications cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>One fire appliance from Ellesmere was mobilised to tackle the blaze. <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters used hosereel jets to extinguish the fire and a thermal imaging camera to ensure the area was safe.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet was completely destroyed in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The fire has resulted in a loss of internet service for properties in the surrounding area, with residents reporting outages shortly after the incident occurred. <\/p>\n<p>BT has been notified and is aware of the situation. It is currently unclear how long it will take for services to be restored.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-BT-Openreach-cabinet-was-destroed-by-fire-Photo-Shropshire-Fire-and-Rescue-Service.jpg\" alt=\"The BT Openreach cabinet was destroed by fire. Photo: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service\" class=\"wp-image-235463\"  \/>The BT Openreach cabinet was destroed by fire. Photo: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BT Openreach cabinet on Birch Road in Ellesmere was destroyed by fire on Friday night, 29 August,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[50317,50318,1104,1638,50319,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-103253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-bt-openreach","9":"tag-ellesmere","10":"tag-fire","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-shropshire-fire-and-rescue-service","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}