Yorkshire mast fire may have left half a million homes without TV
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5N721)
Fire services called to 1,032ft Bilsdale transmitter after engineer spotted smoke coming from its base
More than 500,000 households in north-east England may have been left without television or radio signal after a fire at a TV mast.
Fire services were called to the 1,032ft (315-metre) Bilsdale transmitter, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire, on Tuesday afternoon when an engineer spotted smoke coming from its base.
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