Fire extinguished on property of Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, plant's owner says
Police and firefighters responded to Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant on Friday afternoon for a fire, according to the plant’s owner, NextEra Energy. “We are aware that a fire occurred earlier today at a substation on our property — not related to the nuclear plant,” a NextEra Energy spokesperson said in a statement to WMUR. “The Town of Seabrook Fire Department responded, and the fire has been extinguished. There were no injuries, no evacuations, and the nuclear facility was not impacted. The cause of the fire is under investigation.”According to police, two transformers failed because of the high heat. Police said there was never a danger to the power plant.The power plant’s parking lot was restricted for a short time so that fire crews could have the room to respond. Seabrook’s town manager said fire officials cleared the scene and said that the transformer failures had no impact on operations at Seabrook Station.
Police and firefighters responded to Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant on Friday afternoon for a fire, according to the plant’s owner, NextEra Energy.
“We are aware that a fire occurred earlier today at a substation on our property — not related to the nuclear plant,” a NextEra Energy spokesperson said in a statement to WMUR. “The Town of Seabrook Fire Department responded, and the fire has been extinguished. There were no injuries, no evacuations, and the nuclear facility was not impacted. The cause of the fire is under investigation.”
According to police, two transformers failed because of the high heat. Police said there was never a danger to the power plant.
The power plant’s parking lot was restricted for a short time so that fire crews could have the room to respond.
Seabrook’s town manager said fire officials cleared the scene and said that the transformer failures had no impact on operations at Seabrook Station.