13/05/10…Thame without TV after transmitter fire

THAME homes are among around 400,000 left without television reception after an “intense fire” at the Beckley transmitter in Oxfordshire.

Firefighters have said that part of the structure was in danger of collapsing following the blaze, which started at about 2pm this afternoon.

Cable and satellite services and Five’s analogue signal are not affected.

The fire has now been put out but engineers are reported to have said it was unsafe to carry out repairs and signals would not be restored until at least 7pm this evening.