Firefighters intervened in the wind station near Sulehovek (West Pomeranian Voivodeship). At noon, a wing of one of the windmills caught fire. According to the State Fire Service, this device has been stopped and firefighters are protecting the area. Employees of the company that services the device were called to the scene.
On Saturday, firefighters received information about the fire of a wing of a windmill near the city of Sulekhovko on the road to Vitoslav.
– The windmill has already stopped working, but the tip of its wing is still on fire, – the press officer of the district headquarters of the State Fire Service in Slavno told us after 14:00, junior captain. Mariusz Siecinski. – There are two fire brigades from Sulekhov and Zielenica and one fire brigade on the field, – he added.
One of the wings of the windmill of the Sulehovec Volunteer Fire Department caught fire.
They use a cart with a ladder several tens of meters high
The spokesman of the State Fire Service in Slavno explained that a car with a ladder several tens of meters high was sent to the scene, but in the end the car did not work because the mill is about 100 meters high and there was no ladder. useful there. – When the firemen came, the wing was spinning. A service company was called to the site. Siecinski said staff are on their way.
Spokesman of the Regional Headquarters of the State Fire Service, Assoc. Dariush Shacht confirmed in a short message to the media that “the operation of the guard is limited only to ensuring the security of the place of the incident.”
The windmill that caught fire is part of the Potegovo farm sub-project, Sulečovko. A few years ago, 29 turbines were built near this settlement, the height of the support column is 98.3 meters, the diameter of the screw is 120 meters, and the capacity of each is 2.75 MW. There are 7 more wind mills of Potegovo VF, Bartolino sub-project nearby.
Source of main photo: Voluntary fire department of Sulechovo