Firefighters were dispatched to a fire at a Morgantown Utility Board facility Thursday afternoon.
According to Chris Dale, director of communications for MUB, the fire started around 12:25 p.m. in a blower at the Star City Wastewater Treatment Plant.
“MECCA 9-1-1 was alerted, emergency personnel deployed to the scene and the fire was immediately extinguished. There are no injuries,” Dale said in a statement.
Staff was alerted by an alarm and workers were able to turn off the blower and call 911.
Using fire extinguishers, “the staff continued fighting the fire to ensure it did not spread until professional firefighters arrived. The fire was out within 30 minutes of its start,” Dale said.
Dale explained the fire started in a blower — “one of three that provides oxygen to our activated sludge.”
The other blowers are still working and the plant is operational, he added. The single blower affected was the only equipment damaged.
Dale said MUB is “grateful for the rapid action and professionalism of our staff in responding to the event. We also thank Mon EMS and the fire departments of Morgantown, Star City, Westover, Granville, and Cassville for their rapid response.”
