An out-of-control wildfire is a terrifying experience. Self-incinerating wind turbines have joined arsonists and lightning strikes as the cause of that terror.
Whereas lightning is an unavoidable natural occurrence and arsonists live in fear of being caught and punished, the wind power outfits that spear giant industrial wind turbines into rural tinderboxes have no qualms about setting the world on fire. And the perfectly avoidable risk they create is just as obvious as the serial arsonist (often the local fire fighter turned pyromaniac).
The number of wildfires sparked by these things grows by the day. Contrary to their ‘super-safe’, ‘clean’, ‘green’ image, giant industrial wind turbines are the perfect incendiary device.
Around the world, hundreds have exploded into in palls of smoke and balls of flame – in the process – each one raining molten metal and over 1,000 litres of flaming gear oil and hydraulic fluid (see our post here) and burning plastic earthwards.
Wind turbine fires are ten times more common than the wind industry and its parasites claim (see our post here and check out this website: http://turbinesonfire.org).
The wind industry has been forced to concede that at least 4 bushfires were started by wind turbines in Australia, so far:
- Ten Mile Lagoon in Western Australia in the mid-1990s;
- Lake Bonney, Millicent (SA) in January 2006 (see the photo below);
- Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm, Port Lincoln (SA) in February 2009 (see The Advertiser article below); and
- Starfish Hill (SA) in November 2010 (see this link for more detail).
With more and even larger wind turbines being speared into Australia’s rural communities, catastrophic bushfires are inevitable.
Here’s just the latest conflagration to help you rest easy during the next burst of extreme fire danger weather.
This time it’s the good folk of County Durham in the North-East of England who’ve got a taste of what a wind powered future looks like.
Wind turbine blaze sparks more than 90 calls to fire service as flames rise from propellers
More than 90 calls have been made to County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service reporting the blaze off Swainston Lane, near High Swainston Farm, off Hartlepool Road off the A689, between the A19 and Sedgefield.
The service sent a crew from Newton Aycliffe to the scene initially before a crew from Peterlee took over.
Firefighters are keeping a watch on the incident, allowing the fire to go out of its own accord, and watching for the blades to fall from the remains of the turbine.
The service has shared a video of the fire as flames rose from the top of the propellers.
A spokesperson said: “Green Watch Control on duty tonight having taken over from Blues.
“We have received over 90 calls to a wind turbine on fire, near High Swainston, just of the A689, Wynyard.
“One Fire appliance is still in attendance and the fire is being allowed to burn out under supervision.”
Source: Stop These Things
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