Date: August 18, 2021
Location: Whirinaki, Hawke’s Bay (New Zealand)
Address: 1161 State Highway 2, Napier 4182,
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Wood Processing (Wood and Wood Products)
Equipment: Silo
Company: Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd.
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd. is a Japanese-owned forestry and timber products company located in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. It was established in 1971 and has cutting rights to over 33,000 hectares of plantation forests at five locations in Hawke’s Bay. The Whirinaki location has been producing Thermo Mechanical Pulp (TMP) for over 45 years.
Incident Description:
On August 18, 2021, the New Zealand Herald reported a silo fire at a wood production plant in Whirinaki, New Zealand.
At around 4:00 a.m., firefighters from Bayview and Napier were called to extinguish a fire in a silo, just over 12 hours after extinguishing an earlier fire at the mill.
The silo fire took crews roughly 90 minutes to fully extinguish. No injuries were reported.
Sources:
New Zealand Herald
