Wind turbine catches fire at Salt Fork Wind Facility, Donley County
June 2017Published 17 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Salt Fork Wind Facility in Donley County, Texas
- Owner
- Southern Company
- What
- Wind turbine caught fire
- Injuries
- None reported
- Cause
- Under investigation
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Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Southern
What happened
A wind turbine at the Salt Fork Wind Facility in Donley County, Texas, caught fire on the afternoon of 7 June 2017, around 5:30 p.m. Officials with Southern Company, which owns the turbine, said employees at the plant called first responders, who contained the fire. No injuries were reported. A small area of the plant was taken offline as a pre-emptive safety measure while the cause was investigated. The cause was not reported.
Lessons learned
- Site staff should be able to alert emergency services promptly when a turbine fire starts.
- Taking a small part of a plant offline while the cause is investigated can limit further risk.
- Operators should record the outcome of the investigation so similar turbines can be checked.
More lessons on emergency response and public communication, investigation and fleet-wide checks, from every incident on the register.
Not yet known
- Turbine model and capacity
- Outcome of the investigation
- Contributing factors
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Source
Site page: Salt Fork Wind Project, LLC (status, dates and other incidents)
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Published 2026-09-17. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
