Fire breaks out in turbine at Ironbridge Power Station
Firefighters were this morning called to Ironbridge Power Station after a fire broke out in a turbine.
The fire broke out in the turbine at Ironbridge Power Station around 6am.
Pumps from Wellington, Telford, Shrewsbury, Tweedale, Much Wenlock, Prees, a water carrier from Bridgnorth, high volume pumping unit from Prees, foam unit, command support unit and support pump from Tweedale, and four operational officers attended scene.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service say the fire is confined to the Turbine Room.
The fire service are working with the onsite engineers and have deployed teams of firefighters in Breathing Apparatus to protect them from the smoke and are extinguishing the fire using 3 main jets.
Firefighting was delayed for a period whilst the site engineers turned the turbine generating electricity off, to allow water to be applied to the fire.
Also in attendance at the fire is the joint Environment Agency and Fire Service environmental pod standing by in case water from the fire is in danger of reaching the River Severn nearby.
