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Transformer house fire leaves about 1,000 connections without power in Ureterp

Aug 2026Published 13 Nov 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

SignificantThermal / fireProvisionalNext update 14 Nov
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Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Liander

What happened

On a Monday afternoon in August 2026, the fire brigade was called to a fire in a transformer house on the Mounleane in Ureterp. The alarm came at about 14:30. The transformer house stands next to a farm with a thatched roof. The fire brigade reported that the fire had not spread and was not spreading. Firefighters monitored the situation and carried out work inside the transformer house. As a result of the fire, about 1,000 connections in and around Ureterp lost their electricity supply. The grid operator Liander was working to restore the supply.

Contributing factors

The source does not report the cause of the fire or which equipment inside the transformer house was affected.

Lessons learned

  1. Transformer houses located next to buildings with combustible roofs, such as thatch, need fire risk assessments that cover adjacent property.
  2. Operators should have rapid isolation and switching arrangements so that a fault in one transformer house can be bypassed and the number of customers without supply reduced.
  3. Local fire services should be given up-to-date information on the equipment in substations to support safe firefighting and monitoring.

More lessons on spacing, layout and fire spread, electrical protection and isolation, detection and monitoring, from every incident on the register.

Source

noordernieuws.nl

Published 2026-11-13. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.

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