The plant, which deals with all of Dundee city’s refuse, is expected to be closed for several weeks as 350 tonnes of waste are removed from the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) store in which the fire started. The city’s waste will be temporarily diverted to alternative facilities whilst the plant is closed.
This is the fifth fire to hit the plant in five years. Last June a fire broke out in the transfer station only 10 months after a blaze damaged the hydraulic systems after an oil leak. An investigation was also launched in 2006 after two separate fires started in January and October, the latter of which damaged the same storeroom that was affected in this most recent fire.
Yet another fire at the Dundee Waste-to-Energy plant
Fire crews were called to waste disposal plant Dundee Energy Recycling on Sunday evening.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the plant in Forties Road at around 7.25pm after fire broke out in one of the buildings.
Two fire appliances attended and crews took just under an hour to get the incident under control.
Police Scotland said the fire was not being treated as suspicious. It is understood it may have been sparked by an electrical fault.