Fire at grid transformer station interrupts Almere district heating
Dec 2021Published 13 Nov 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
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Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Liander, Vattenfall
What happened
On 8 December 2021 Vattenfall Nederland reported a district heating interruption in Almere, the Netherlands, caused by a fire at a transformer station that its notice named as a Liander transformer station. The station is on the Discuslaan, and the notice gave the postcode area as 1318. Vattenfall said the heat outage was expected to last for some time and apologised for the inconvenience. The notice was posted on X at 8:36 PM on 8 December 2021, which may be the date of the notice rather than the date the fire started.
The post does not state the cause of the fire, the extent of damage, whether anyone was hurt, whether the fire service attended, or when heat supply would be restored.
Contributing factors
Not reported. The source states only that a fire occurred at the transformer station on the Discuslaan.
Lessons learned
- Heat network operators should identify which electrical substations supply their pumps, controls and generation, because a fault at a third-party substation can interrupt heat supply to customers.
- Grid operators and heat suppliers should agree in advance how outages are notified to customers, including expected duration and restoration updates.
More lessons on outages, backup supply and restoration, from every incident on the register.
Source
Other entries that name Almere
Published 2026-11-13. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
