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Blaze in battery warehouse shuts down Oahu wind farm
Firefighters were forced to fight a burning building without water on the North Shore Wednesday, when a battery warehouse at an Oahu wind farm went up in flames.
The battery warehouse caught on fire at the First Wind wind farm for the second time in two years. But unlike last year's small fire, the latest blaze shut down the wind farm's huge turbines.
August 2, 2012
by Paul Drewes
in KIVI TV
Second fire in two years at First Wind facility
HONOLULU - Firefighters were forced to fight a burning building without water on the North Shore Wednesday, when a battery warehouse at an Oahu wind farm went up in flames.
The battery warehouse caught on fire at the First Wind wind farm for the second time in two years. But unlike last year's small fire, the latest blaze shut down the wind farm's huge turbines.
Smoke poured from the First Wind facility before five in the morning.
"The fire was out of control when we got to... [continue via Web link]
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