Date: February 21, 2019
Location: Dunedin, Otago Region (New Zealand)
Address: 161 Main S Rd, Green Island, 9018
Type: Potential Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Breakfast Foods (Food Processing)
Equipment: Boiler
Company: Harraway and Sons
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Harraway and Sons is a breakfast foods company located in Green Island near Dunedin, New Zealand. It was founded in 1867 and produces oats, breakfast cereals, muesli, and muesli bars. In early 2002, Harraways stopped its
Incident Description:
On February 22, 2019, Stuff reported a fire at a historic breakfast foods mill in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Emergency services were called to the fire, which engulfed the second floor of the building, at about 9.50 p.m. It was fully extinguished by 4:42 a.m.
No one was in the mill at the time. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said the fire was believed to have started in an engineer store inside the building. She also said that the extent of the damage to the historic property was not yet known.
On February 23, the Otago Daily Times reported that the damage was related to a boiler stack in a side building
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
Stuff
Otago Daily Times
