RESIDENTS were left without electricity after a blaze spread close to overhead cables.
Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze near Stormer Mill, Tottington Road, in Ramsbottom, at 8pm.
Large piles of plastic pipes had been stacked up and deliberately set alight by arsonists.
The flames spread to overhead power lines which were switched off for two hours as emergency teams dealt with the blaze.
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