Wind turbine burns for hours in Germany

These fire fighters may need to be better prepared next time (it is their job after all). Emergency services were called to reports of a huge fire near Wolf Lake in Germany this morning after motorists spotted smoke engulfing the sky. But when they got there, they quickly realised they had a bigger task on hand. A wind turbine had caught fire around 6am this morning in the town of Isselburg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Forty emergency responders and six cars attended the scene but they were not able to tackle the 100m blaze because they didn’t have a long enough ladder. They were then forced to watch the turbine burn out itself and the rotor blades falling to the ground. Investigators believe a lightning storm may have started the blaze on the turbine, which costs more than £2 million. The damages are expected to cost several hundred thousand euros. | Metro News via IFTTT

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