Date: September 23, 2021
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin (USA)
Address: 600 Liberty Street, 54304
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Unknown
Industry: Biofuel Production
Equipment: Dust Collector
Company: Convergen Energy
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: $40,000 USD
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Convergen Energy is a biofuel company in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Its manufacturing facility has the capacity to produce 150,000 tons per year of clean burning engineered fuel. It uses non-recyclable manufacturing by-products to create fuel pellets.
Incident Description:
On September 23, 2021, WBAY reported a machine fire at a biofuel production facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Fire crews were called to the plant at 12:30 a.m. Firefighters noticed smoke coming from an exterior dust collection system and put out the fire in the machine. When outside crews saw that flames had spread to the roof, they cut it open around the dust collection ducts and put out the fire.
The firefighters remained on scene for 90 minutes to check for hot spots and ventilate the building.
The estimated damage cost was $40,000. No injuries were reported.
Sources:
WBAY
