Wind turbine reported to have exploded and sparked brush fire in Campo, San Diego County, California
EIR-0916Provisional entry. Confirmed: a local news report from December 2013 describes a wind turbine explosion and resulting brush fire at Campo, California. Not yet known: the site, operator, turbine type, cause, extent of the fire and whether anyone was hurt. Next update: 18 September 2026.
A local news report dated 17 December 2013 said a wind turbine at Campo, in San Diego County, in the East County area of California, exploded and started a brush fire in surrounding vegetation. Only the headline and feed summary are available, so the cause of the failure, the size of the brush fire, the fire service response, any injuries and the number of turbines affected are not reported. No site name, operator, owner or turbine manufacturer is identified in the available material.
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- Turbine failures involving fire can ignite surrounding vegetation, so sites in dry or fire-prone terrain need vegetation management and fire water or suppression arrangements agreed with local fire services.
- Early fault detection and automatic shutdown can limit escalation of a mechanical or electrical fault.
- Prompt public reporting of turbine fires, including cause and response, helps other operators assess comparable risks.
Published 2026-09-16. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.