Originally posted at StopTheseThings.com
Wind turbine fires are ten times more common than the wind industry and its parasites claim (see our post here and check out this website: http://turbinesonfire.org).
The wind industry has been forced to concede that at least 4 bushfires were started by wind turbines in Australia, so far:
- Ten Mile Lagoon in Western Australia in the mid-1990s;
- Lake Bonney, Millicent (SA) in January 2006 (see the photo above);
- Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm, Port Lincoln (SA) in February 2009 (see The Advertiser article below); and
- Starfish Hill (SA) in November 2010 (see this link for more detail).
In Australia, plenty of other turbines have self-immolated, like this one at Windy Hill, near Ravenshoe west of Cairns in Far North Queensland:
This firey melt-down at Gunning, near Goulburn in New South Wales in January 2023:
A few weeks later and a 2MW Vestas determined to do much the same on the southern tip of South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, a place called Cathedral Rocks.
It’s not the first time one of Cathedral Rock’s 33 whirling wonders has gone up in flames: back in February 2009, 14 Country Fire Service firefighters were called in to deal with another turbine that went out in a blaze of glory; those firefighters were involved in a frantic bid to put out spot fires that threatened disaster for life and property. Fortunately, no lives were lost.
Once again, at the height of summer – a time when the Australian countryside is like a tinderbox ready to explode – another of these whirling wonders has decided to self-immolate.
For the rest of the article please click the link below:
Real News Australia 