EMERGENCY services were called to Exeter Road, Rockwell Green, near Golden Hill Pet Supplies, after a power line fell and a nearby hedge caught fire.

Some 119 properties in the surrounding area lost power in the incident last Wednesday.

A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We arrived at the scene at 1.04pm following reports of a fire.

"There were broken electricity cables along the roadside which were sparking. We set up cordons and police closed the road. Western Power Distribution were also in attendance.

"Two crews from Wellington and one from Taunton were sent to the incident. They left the scene at 2.15pm."

Local people who called the fire service and police, and helped turn cars away during the incident included Saffron Powell, Bradley Fleet and Bethany Ford.