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Windmill at Lahr burns off completely

Badische Zeitung|September 25, 2013
GermanySafetyStructural Failure

"We can only watch," he said. "I 'send as many man out., The risk is incalculable. Because if what comes down, there is a 100 meters radius mortal danger from flying splinters." The commander did not rule out the risk of the wind turbine causing a forest fire.


A fire consumed one of the three windmills on the site Schlossbühl / Kempfenbühl above the Langenhard. Initial estimates of the cost of the damage will be one to two million euros according to Arno Markowsky, CEO of Freiburg green energy group announced.

At 12.38 clock, the alarm was received at the control center. The column of smoke was seen from afar by the Rhine valley. In order not to bring his men in danger, city Fire Chief Thomas Happersberger did not get close.

Presumably, the fire broke out in the generator house. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The operators had experts on site. With a rotor diameter of 77 meters, Happersberger decided to shut off the windmill.

Happersberger requested additional forces of the riot …

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A fire consumed one of the three windmills on the site Schlossbühl / Kempfenbühl above the Langenhard. Initial estimates of the cost of the damage will be one to two million euros according to Arno Markowsky, CEO of Freiburg green energy group announced.

At 12.38 clock, the alarm was received at the control center. The column of smoke was seen from afar by the Rhine valley. In order not to bring his men in danger, city Fire Chief Thomas Happersberger did not get close.

Presumably, the fire broke out in the generator house. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The operators had experts on site. With a rotor diameter of 77 meters, Happersberger decided to shut off the windmill.

Happersberger requested additional forces of the riot police and the police to secure a wide area in the forest paths on the crest between Lahr and Seelbach and prevent any onlookers before, to go into danger.

Barely an hour after the fire was reported the first rotor blade snapped in flames. Just ten minutes later it crashed to the ground with great noise and whirled up a cloud of black smoke producing a health risks from toxic substances. The rotors are made of glass fiber composites, the tower itself from steel.

"We can only watch," he said. "I 'send as many man out., The risk is incalculable. Because if what comes down, there is a 100 meters radius mortal danger from flying splinters." The commander did not rule out the risk of the wind turbine causing a forest fire.

About 15.30 clock, the police had inspected the remains of the windmill from a helicopter and found only a part fuming after Markowskys information. Nevertheless, the manager, could not be say whether fire would break out again, and one of the remaining rotors crashes to the ground. Happersberger commander wants to examine the plant after the cooling of structural engineers to ensure that in any weather or strong winds pose no immediate danger more.

Ropes that dangled from the turbine in the wind, had to be dealt with. Markowskys guesses from a sack. They are used by assemblers to carry material for maintenance.

"Better a burning wind turbine, as an exploding nuclear power plant," the city fire chief commented on the debacle. Petra Zentgraf of the green energy group, which operates the windmills on the Langenhard, told the Badische Zeitung that the facilities are regularly maintained. They wanted to rule out sabotage.

The windmills were built in 2005. At that time, it was stressed that the same type of plant from different manufacturers over 800 times had been built worldwide.

[Translation to English assisted via Google Translate]


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