Wednesday 30 May 2007
09.41 Oldbury Power Station
Avon Fire & Rescue Service crews were called to the site of
the nuclear power station after fire broke out in an electricity
transformer. As a matter of precaution 10 appliances were mobilsed,
but an automatic suppression system was successful in extinguishing
the blaze without the intervention of fire service personnel.
The incident occurred on an area of the site some distance
away from the nuclear reactor, which was shut down in repsonse
to the incident. No one was injured and there was no release
of radioactivity.