Date: November 19, 2020
Location: Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (CA)
Address: B0N 2M0
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Wood Pellet Production (Wood and Wood Products)
Equipment: Smokestack
Company: Great Northern Timber
Database Incidents: This facility was referenced in a dust explosion incident in December 2018.
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Great Northern Timber delivers hardwood and softwood products to consumers across the globe. Products include logs, biomass for energy, and chips for pulp and paper, MDF and board. Its Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia location produces residential and industrial quality pellets using residual fibre from local mills.
Incident Description:
On November 19, 2020, the Chronicle-Herald reported a fire at a wood pellet mill in Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia.
Fire crews from Stewiacke, Upper and Middle Musquodoboit, Enfield and Dutch Settlement responded with five tankers and an aerial unit. They arrived at about 10:00 a.m. and found smoke and fire filling a 30-metre-high smokestack. About 20 firefighters climbed catwalks and used access panels to get their water lines into the stack. They remained on the scene until about 1:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Previous Incidents
This facility experienced a dust explosion on December 9, 2018, covered in Fire Crews Spend Hours Putting Out Fire at Nova Scotia Wood Pellet Plant.
Sources:
Chronicle-Herald
