Shed fire causes power cut as cables brought down

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Crews began tackling the fire on Wednesday evening

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A large shed fire has led to a power cut after electricity cables were brought down.

Hampshire fire service said the large building in the Fryern Close area of Chandlers Ford was "well alight" by 17:30 BST before the fire spread to an outbuilding.

Power was expected to be returned to homes by the early hours of Thursday.

The cause of the fire was being investigated but was likely to be electrical, the fire service said.

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