Smoke reported at Townhill Road electricity substation in Dunfermline
Dec 2021Published 25 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Townhill Road electricity substation, Dunfermline
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- What
- Smoke reported from electricity substation, no fire found
- Response
- Four fire crews attended and made area safe
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What happened
On the evening of 2 December 2021, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 6.22pm to reports of smoke from an electricity substation in Townhill Road, Dunfermline. Four fire engines were sent. Crews found that the substation was not alight, made the area safe, handed the site over to Scottish Power and left.
Contributing factors
The source does not say what produced the reported smoke, or whether any equipment failed.
Lessons learned
- A report of smoke from a substation should be treated as an emergency until crews confirm whether anything is alight.
- Once the area is safe, the site should be handed to the network company named by the fire service so any follow-up is not left unclear.
- Public reporting may stop at "not alight"; operators should still record what was checked and what, if anything, caused the smoke.
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Not yet known
- Cause of the smoke
- Specific equipment affected
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Source
Other entries that name Dunfermline
Published 2026-09-25. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
