A crew of firefighters from Blandford were sent to a fire coming from a manhole in Salisbury Road.
The incident was reported at 3.07pm on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the fire service said: “This was caused by a small electrical fire in an electrical manhole cover. The electrical company were called to isolate the power supply.”
and carry out a further inspection”. No further action was taken by the crew on scene.”
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