FairWind turbine technicians helped stop a forest fire that broke out near the Backhammar wind farm in Sweden last week.
The company is installing 31 Vestas machines at the project, located across the municipalities of Kristinehamn and Degerfors.
It said the fire was most likely the result of a severe lightning storm that occurred in the area earlier in the week.
The local fire chief added that a lightning strike had probably ignited the forest.
During the afternoon of 3 June, technicians working on the project reported smelling something ‘funny’ in the air, similar to wet grass burning.
However, there was no smoke visible at the time, but when the wind picked up in the evening, the area of the lightning strike ignited and started a large fire, FairWind said.
Four technicians tackled the fire, using a high pressure cleaner that was located on a hardstand nearby.
They managed to control the blaze and keep it to an area of about 50 by 50 metres.
The site HSE officer called the fire brigade.
Even though water ran out about 10 minutes before the fire brigade arrived, the situation was under control and by midnight the fire was completely out.
A member of Vestas’ site management present on the project that day said: “I can’t praise the FairWind technicians enough for what they did to stop a potential disaster on site.
“They did an amazing job and they just did everything right… They had ensured that their own safety was prioritised during the work and they were very aware of the seriousness of the situation.”