WIND TURBINE FIRE IN MAHANOY TOWNSHIP

By Andrew Leibenguth on March 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

Wind Turbine Fire, Photo from John Desjardine, Mahanoy Township, 2

Photos from John Desjardine on Facebook.

Firefighters were called Saturday evening (March 15, 2014) to the Locust Ridge Wind Farm on the Brandonville Mountain in Mahonoy Township for a report of a turbine on fire. They arrived to a fully-involved fire.
Mahanoy City and other area firefighters remained on scene as a precaution until the fire burned out.
According to Wikipedia, the Locust Ridge Wind Farm consists of 64 (two megawatt) wind turbines – capable of powering 64,000 homes.
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Click HERE to view more information about the Locust Ridge Wind Farm.
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