Oldbury nuclear power station suffers fire
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{{date|May 30, 2007}}

[[w:Oldbury nuclear power station|Oldbury nuclear power station]] in [[w:South Gloucestershire|South Gloucestershire]], [[w:England|England]] caught fire today after overheating. No-one was injured in the blaze which is believed to have been an accident and was extuinguished within minutes by an automatic sprinkler system.

The fire took place on the non-nuclear side of the plant, in an electricity transformer, but prompted shutdown of the reactor for the foreseeable future in "accordance with standard procedure," said Dan Gould, spokesman for the [[w:British Nuclear Group|British Nuclear Group]]. He also stressed that there was no release of radiation. There were also reports of an explosion in the transformer.

The BBC reported that 12 fire trucks attended the scene of the fire, but ITV stated ten crews were involved and tvnz.co.uk quoted a spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue as saying that ten trucks were sent.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6705243.stm|title=Fire closes nuclear power station|author=|pub=BBC News|date=30 May 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.itv.com/news/britain_55c427d604c29352e28084b62672a073.html|title=Fire at nuclear plant|author=|pub=ITV|date=Wed May 30 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1161339|title=Fire shuts British nuke plant|author=|pub=tvnz.co.uk |date=May 31, 2007 }}

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Oldbury nuclear power station in South Gloucestershire, England caught fire today after overheating. No-one was injured in the blaze which is believed to have been an accident and was extuinguished within minutes by an automatic sprinkler system.

The fire took place on the non-nuclear side of the plant, in an electricity transformer, but prompted shutdown of the reactor for the foreseeable future in "accordance with standard procedure," said Dan Gould, spokesman for the British Nuclear Group. He also stressed that there was no release of radiation. There were also reports of an explosion in the transformer.

The BBC reported that 12 fire trucks attended the scene of the fire, but ITV stated ten crews were involved and tvnz.co.uk quoted a spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue as saying that ten trucks were sent.
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