Fire in the Wittenau heating power plant: Technical defect triggers the alarm!
Fire in the Wittenau heating power plant: Technical defect triggers the alarm!
Wittenau, Deutschland - On Tuesday evening there was a fire in the Wittenau heating power plant in the Reinickendorf district. According to Tagesspiegel was quickly alerted after biomass was on fire on a transport band. The cause of the fire has now been attributed to a technical defect.
A total of up to 86 emergency services from the Berlin fire brigade were on site to fight the flames. The fire fighting was carried out both from the outside and from the inside, whereby several squads were used at the same time, reports the Berliner Zeitung . The situation could be classified as clear in the evening, even if there was a few fire nests still to be extinguished.
extinguishing work and support
The extinguishing work dragged on into the morning, since embers were repeatedly found that had to be controlled. Fortunately, according to the fire brigade, there were no injuries, and the population was never in danger. The operator of the heating power plant also provided support in the fire fighting measures, which made it easier to locate and contain the fire.
Biomasseid power plants such as the one in Wittenau use solid fuels such as wood residues, straw or old wood for energy generation. They combine the production of electrical energy with the provision of heat, with efficient use of the fuels important. In the burning of this biomass, heat is generated, which can be used for district heating and industrial processes, the wikipedia.
The cause of the fire, a technical defect, also raises questions about the security and maintenance of such systems. Biomass heating plants have been common in the industrial environment for decades, and their importance for sustainable energy generation increases continuously, especially as part of the efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.
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