Date: January 2, 2018
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania (USA)
Address: No Details
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Power (Natural Resources)
Equipment: Silo
Company: Evergreen Community Power
Previous Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its Bloomberg profile, Evergreen Community Power LLC was founded in 2006 and operates an energy-efficient boiler and steam generator to generate electricity. It operates as a subsidiary of Interstate Resources, Inc. The plant was built in 2008 to provide energy and heating to the adjacent United Corrstack paper mill.
Description of Wood Dust Fire:
On January 8, 2018 the Reading Eagle reported a fire at a power plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. It broke out in the silo, where wood materials are stored before being burned.
Crews were called to the scene about 9:40 p.m, and remained until nearly 6:30 in the morning. Three firefighters returned later to assist plant workers who were using a front-end loader to scoop out the silo contents so that any hot spots could be hosed down.
No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
According to the Reading Eagle, on March 7, 2017 the Evergreen Community Power plant experienced another fire. This one was caused by a malfunction on the 1000-foot-long conveyor belt that carries the wood products, creating enough heat to ignite the wood, which was then dumped into the wood storage silo. The result was a “deep-seated fire” that required crews to spray water into the silo. Fire crews were at the scene for a few days until the fire was declared out.
Sources:
Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle
