A wind turbine has gone on fire on the back hills between West Kilbride and Dalry.
Pictures and videos of thick black smoke and flames emerging from one of the blades were taken at around 5.30pm.
Local fire brigades are attending the scene.
North Coast Councillor Todd Ferguson said: “It is not a good thing to see – although wind turbines are a form of green energy they still have engines and mechanical parts – and a lot of these turbines do no have fire mitigation measures so this turbine is not likely to be recoverable.
“I believe the issue is becoming a bigger problem in the industry and it is one of the problems of moving forward with new technology.
“I wonder with the hot weather over recent days whether that has had any effect.
It is still a relatively rare thing to happen but fire issues such as this are going to have to be looked into closer.”
A turbine last went on fire in the local area near Ardrossan during a storm in December 2011.
2 Comments
Stewart Watt · July 31, 2022 at 9:52 pm
9 of the 15 turbines on this site have been fire damaged and now inoperable. Why has there been no publicity about this?
SAS Volunteer · August 1, 2022 at 8:32 am
We only post what is in the news and there has been no coverage saying that 9 turbines have been fire damaged. If you can get a photograph you could send it to the local paper or I can put it on our website.