Wind turbines, like many other big machines, rarely but occasionally catch fire. In 2018 there were some 2200 wind turbines in Australia; there had been a total of three wind turbine fires reported in the press, the most recent in … Read more...
Category: International Fires
AUSTRALIAN FIRE 2018: looking back at a huge loss, almost 3400 hectares,
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2018/01/16/currandooley-fires-first-anniversary-sparks-reflection/
January 16, 2018 • Australia
Currandooley fire’s first anniversary sparks reflection
Credit: Currandooley fire impacts linger one year later | Louise Thrower | Goulburn Post | January 16 2018 | www.goulburnpost.com.au ~~
The green tinge on pastures … Read more...
Burning Wind Turbine in Portugal
That looks like a very expensive fire, good thing they didn’t sustain casualties from falling debris.
Wind turbine goes up in flames
von Dana Heide 28.10.2013
A wind turbine burned Sunday in Bördekreis in Sachsen-Anhalt. Firefighters stood by helpless, watching a million euros destroyed. It was not the first such event.
Düsseldorf. Es sind atemberaubende Aufnahmen, die im Bördekreis in … Read more...
Dead in fire wind turbine Ooltgensplaat
October 30, 2013
A wind turbine caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Ooltgensplaat on Goeree-Overflakkee, costing the lives of two mechanics. Four mechanics were at work in the wind turbine on the Mariadijk, about 80 meters above ground, Tuesday … Read more...
Australian warning!
I am here on behalf of the Grampians-Glenthompson Landscape Guardians Incorporated, to present our objection to the application by Investec Bank (Australia) Limited, to use and develop a 43 turbine wind farm on land south of Glenthompson, from … Read more...
FIRES
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Fire is the second most common accident cause in incidents found. Fire can arise from a number of sources – and some turbine types seem more prone to fire than others. A total of 190 fire incidents were found:
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Turbines in bushfire prone regions
very simple argument constructed from four points
1) Wind turbines are machines that are prone to mechanical failure.
2) When they fail they can Cause Fires and throw oil and debris for hundreds of metres.
3) Wind Turbines have … Read more...
Can’t fight the fire
November 20, 2010
Credit: BY ELIZABETH SWEETMAN, 04 Nov, 2010, victorharbortimes.com.au
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/11/20/cant-fight-the-fire/
CAPE JERVIS – Do you call the CFS in the event of a wind turbine fire?
While it might seem like the right thing to do, according to … Read more...
Wind turbine erupts into flames southwest of Abilene
August 26, 2011
Credit: By Wayne McCormick, KTXS News, www.ktxs.com
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/26/wind-turbine-erupts-into-flames-southwest-of-abilene/
Fire Chief Gary Young said the fire started in the wind turbine tower and then spread to grass around the tower
ABILENE, Texas — Firefighters from at least three … Read more...