A Vestas 67-meter-high wind turbine burst into flames late Friday night causing a loss of around 1.2 million euros. The cause of fire is still unknown. The Vestas 1.65 megawatt turbine located between Echtrop and Bergede drew 20 firefighters to the scene. Personal safety was a priority so the task force could only wait at some distance from the turbine to see how things would develop.
A Vestas 67-meter-high wind turbine burst into flames late Friday night causing a loss of around 1.2 million euros. The cause of fire is still unknown. The Vestas 1.65 megawatt turbine located between Echtrop and Bergede drew 20 firefighters to the scene. Personal safety was a priority so the task force could only wait at some distance from the turbine to see how things would develop.
Echtrop - A Vestas 67-meter-high wind turbine burst into flames late Friday night causing a loss of around 1.2 million euros. The cause of fire is still unknow.
The Vestas 1.65 megawatt turbine located between Echtrop and Bergede drew 20 firefighters to the scene.
Personal safety was a priority so the task force could only wait at some distance from the turbine to see how things wouldd evelop.
At 19.45 o'clock an alarm was triggered at the control center. Teams of one and three volunteer firefighters rushed to Moehnesee with 70 total arriving from groups in Wippringsen, Büecke, Wamel, Völlinghausen and Brüllingsen and the fire company Körbecke to the operation sit. Firefighters could approached the burning turbine via an access road from …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Echtrop - A Vestas 67-meter-high wind turbine burst into flames late Friday night causing a loss of around 1.2 million euros. The cause of fire is still unknow.
The Vestas 1.65 megawatt turbine located between Echtrop and Bergede drew 20 firefighters to the scene.
Personal safety was a priority so the task force could only wait at some distance from the turbine to see how things wouldd evelop.
At 19.45 o'clock an alarm was triggered at the control center. Teams of one and three volunteer firefighters rushed to Moehnesee with 70 total arriving from groups in Wippringsen, Büecke, Wamel, Völlinghausen and Brüllingsen and the fire company Körbecke to the operation sit. Firefighters could approached the burning turbine via an access road from the B475 from.
The ladder from Soest was requested, but was not used due to safety reasons.
Police and firefighters blocked off a perimeter at possible access roads: The fireball was visible from a great distance due to the height of the turbine which attracted amateur photographers.
For the cause of the fire itself, the deputy fire chief Christian Böddeker wanted to do as a squad leader and fire chief Franz-Wilhelm Kroll not speculate.
The fire had broken out in the nacelle at around 70 meters high. The nacelle was destroyed by fire, debris fell again to the ground. The three turbine blades, each 33 meters long, were allowed to fall to the ground.
For Christian Böddeker was clear: "We need to organize shifts to hedge for the whole night, if necessary, deglaze fallen burning parts - if this is safe to do."
The operating company could turn off the power. No one was injured.