Date: March 14, 2022
Location: Tokoroa, North Island (New Zealand)
Address: Private Bag 6, State Highway 1, 3444
Type: Potential Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Paper Processing (Pulp and Paper)
Equipment: No Details
Company: Oji Fibre Solutions – Kinleith Mill
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Oji Fibre Solutions – Kinleith Mill is a paper products mill in Tokoroa, New Zealand. It was founded in 2014 and has a product line that includes cardboard packaging, paper bags, and paper cups.
Incident Description:
On March 14, 2022, Stuff.Co.NZ reported a fire at a pulp and paper mill in Tokoroa, New Zealand.
Ten fire crews and a helicopter spent almost four hours battling a large fire at a pulp and paper plant in Tokoroa on Sunday.
A Fire and Emergency spokesman said crews were called to the fire at 3:51 p.m. because wood waste, wood chips, and machinery were on fire. The fire was about 30m by 20m at that time, but by the end of the night had grown to 800m by 400m and 10m deep.
A total of 10 fire crews and a helicopter with a monsoon bucket responded to the scene across the evening. They left the scene about 8:00 p.m., and the local industrial brigade monitored the fire overnight.
The firefighters returned on Monday to mop up the fire scene and dampen it down.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
Stuff.Co.NZ
