{"id":342507,"date":"2023-12-21T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T05:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=342507"},"modified":"2023-12-21T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:28:59","slug":"lightning-sparks-pole-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/12\/21\/lightning-sparks-pole-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Sparks Pole Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 21, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lightning strike on a power pole led to Cherbourg residents losing power for about 30 minutes on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were called to the incident, in Marshall Street, when the top of the pole burst into flames.<\/p>\n<p>QAS paramedics also attended, but no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ergon Energy briefly disconnected power to the community to ensure residents&#8217; safety.<\/p>\n<p>The lightning strike was part of a\u00a0storm which swept through the northern part of the South Burnett region between between 6:00pm-7:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:30pm, BOM had recorded 41.5mm of rain in Cherbourg in just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lightning strike on a power pole led to Cherbourg residents losing power for about 30 minutes on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":338710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1135],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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