{"id":1265,"date":"2025-05-27T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2025-05-27T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:03:26","slug":"electricty-pole-fails-in-a-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/?p=1265","title":{"rendered":"Electricty Pole Fails in a Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Electricty Pole Fails in a Flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5omQKflZT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around February last year work started on undergrounding some of the electricity cables. 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