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« on: April 22, 2013, 21:27:54 »
From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22252923  Sad Sad
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A 106-year-old railway signal box has been severely damaged by fire - five months after being returned to the site for the first time in 40 years.

The blaze, on Sheringham's Station car park at 11:20 BST, is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault in a car parked nearby.

Flames burnt the side of the wooden signal box and two other cars.

Eyewitness Alan Reeves said there "were loud bangs" when the car's tyres exploded. Nobody was hurt.

He added: "There was a little bit of smoke coming from the car which had just been parked initially, like it had overheated. The next thing, flames started coming out of it.

"There was a few loud bangs when the tyres went, but I think the poor chap who owned it seem more concerned about the cars either side of him."

The blaze comes five months after volunteers from the North Norfolk Railway returned the signal box to the site.

It was moved from the Sheringham crossing in 1972, following the closure of the station by British Rail, to ensure its survival. [-/Quote]
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