A fire broke out earlier today (15 August) on a Vestas turbine installed at RWE’s 60MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
An RWE spokesperson confirmed “an incident occurred which led to a fire in the turbine nacelle”, adding assessments remain ongoing.
The fire has now been extinguished, they said.
“Emergency services were contacted immediately, and the coastguard made aware.
“They are monitoring the area and advising on a potential 500-metre restriction zone being enforced around the affected turbine.
“All our team members are safe and accounted for with no injuries. We would ask people to keep away from the area as assessments are ongoing.”
HM Coastguard confirmed it has been monitoring the fire at Scroby Sands, located 2.5km off Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, after an alarm was raised at around 10.50am.
“All personnel working at the site have been evacuated by the operating company and are accounted for,” it added in a statement.
Scroby Sands was commissioned in 2004 and is one of the UK’s first commercial offshore wind farms. It features 30 Vestas 2MW machines.