Lightning strike in Blackwood
UPDATE: 10.29am
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they sent out a crew after being called by someone in Oakdale after they were called about the lightning strike. A crew from Aberbargoed attended after being called at 6.43pm.
UPDATE: 9.02pm
Sunday 11th November 2014
EIGHT homes in Blackwood are without a landline phone connection due to lightning strike damaging phone lines, the fire service says.
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