A MAJOR road is closed this afternoon after a power line set ablaze.
A stretch of the A31 is shut between Canford Bottom Roundabout and Merley Roundabout as a result of the fire.
Firefighters were called to the road just before midday.
A spokesperson from the Dorset fire service said: "A crew from Wimborne are currently in attendance at a fire involving an electricity pylon, just off the A31 near Leigh.
"Crews are currently awaiting the arrive of the electricity board.
"The police have now shut the A31."
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