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Residential windmill catches on fire in Lower Township
"When we arrived, there were obvious flames showing from the top of the windmill. The windmill was spinning ridiculously out of control," Villas fire Chief Richard Harron Jr. said.
The out-of-control turbine was apparently sending a surge of electricity down the tower into electrical connections in the garage.
January 11, 2011
by Richard Degener
in Press of Atlantic City
LOWER TOWNSHIP - Volunteer firefighters here in Villas are used to fighting structure fires involving houses that are ablaze. On Saturday night, they fought a structure fire in a wind turbine.
"When we arrived, there were obvious flames showing from the top of the windmill. The windmill was spinning ridiculously out of control," Villas fire Chief Richard Harron Jr. said.
The out-of-control turbine was apparently sending a surge of electricity down the tower into electrical connections in the garage. Harron said the owner, later identified as Dennis Hasson, called it in as a fire in his garage on the 2000 block of... [continue via Web link]
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