A large fire at a key electricity converter station in the U.K. has shut down a major cable that brings power from France, worsening Britain’s energy crunch. Gas and power prices jumped. The outage couldn’t come at a worse time with supplies already short and prices at record highs. Britain is a net importer of power, with France its biggest supplier via two cables that run across the English Channel. WATCH: Firefighters are battling a large fire at a key electricity converter station in the U.K. that has interrupted flows on a major cable that brings power from France to Britain. Firefighters have been battling the blaze since the middle of the night and smoke continues to billow from the site. The fire will still take several hours to put out, according to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Flows on the 2,000 megawatt IFA-1 cable halted just after midnight, […]