• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • FAQ
  • Meet the Team
  • About The London Economic
  • Advertise
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
NEWSLETTER
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

5G mast set on fire after conspiracy theory link to coronavirus

Baseless conspiracy theories linking coronavirus to the roll-out of 5G technology have been spread by celebrities such as Amanda Holden.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
April 4, 2020
in News
Credit:SWNS

Credit:SWNS

Shocking footage shows a huge 5G tower burning to the ground following a suspected arson attack in Birmingham.

Emergency services were called to the blaze on Spring Road in the Sparkhill area of the city at 8.18pm on Thursday night.

Firefighters battled to douse the flames for two hours while police closed the road to protect traffic.

Deliberately started

Dramatic footage uploaded to the website Birmz Is Grime shows the 70ft (21m) mast fully ablaze as fire crews rushed to the scene.

Police say they are not yet sure what started to fire although onlookers say it was deliberately set ablaze following concerns over health risks the network could bring.

The electromagnetic radiation used by mobile phone technologies has led to worries among conspiracy theorists that they can cause certain types of cancer.

They have also been linked to COVID-19 by certain groups and celebrities such as Amanda Holden, leading to a rise in such incidents.

RelatedPosts

NI hauliers revenues fall by up to 30% in Jan as light-touch regulation period due to end

Man cleared of harassing Tommy Robinson after former EDL leader ‘lied’ to police

‘Categorically not true’ – Hancock under fire after claiming there was ‘never’ PPE shortage

UK lets out collective groan as Allison Pearson goes in to bat for the ‘non-scientists’

Day 11 of quarantine and Amanda Holden is now a 5G truther pic.twitter.com/a5zYwka572

— William Kedjanyi (@KeejayOV2) April 3, 2020

No scientific evidence

However there has been no scientific evidence that 5G technology poses any threat to human health and it was confirmed as safe by the radiation watchdog last month.

One local resident, who did not want to be named, said: “A lot of people don’t want 5G in the area, I’m not surprised somebody torched it.

“It was a large scale fire and was quite frightening seeing this huge tower up in flames.

“I know people are concerned over the health implications 5G might bring, there’s talk of it causing cancer and things like that.

“But there’s been no proof so I don’t know what people are playing at. If another goes up, it will probably just get burned straight back down again.”

Steel tower

A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: “We had a call at 8.18pm last night to Spring Road in the Sparkhill area to reports a telecoms tower was on fire.

“West Midlands Police were called to deal with the traffic and the road was closed.

“When our crews arrived they found a steel tower which they described as being ‘well alight’ and estimated as being 70 feet tall.

“We sent a total of eight firefighters from Ladywood and Hay Mills fire stations.

“Five were in a fire engine from Ladywood and the other three were in a 4×4 brigade fire response vehicle from Hay Mills.

“The structure was close to a building which was not affected by fire.

“We were scaling down the response at 10.28pm. There is no information yet on what caused the fire and there were no casualties.”

Related: Biggest daily deaths increase takes grim total to 3,605

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism
Please login to join discussion

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending fromTLE

  • All
  • trending

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

Stress, fear and homelessness: The threat looming over families confronted with eviction

File photo dated 07/11/03 of a prison cell.

The Other Prison Pandemic

Latest from TLE

thunder ball results

Thunder Ball Results, Wednesday 24th February 2021

National Lottery Lotto Results – Wednesday 24th February 2021

PM ‘unrepentant and inveterate liar’ who will blame Brexit costs on Coronavirus, claims diplomat

Parliament to gift ornate lamps costing £175,000 for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: jack@thelondoneconomic.com

Commercial enquiries, please contact: advertise@thelondoneconomic.com

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech & Auto
  • About The London Economic
  • Meet the Team
  • Privacy policy

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.