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UPDATE: Fire at decommissioned CWLP smokestack

UPDATE:  Fire at decommissioned CWLP smokestack

Fire and thick black smoke can be seen coming from a smokestack at CWLP Tuesday morning. Photo: Saga Communications/IAFF Local 37 via Facebook


UPDATED 10:00 A.M.

Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – City Water, Light, & Power says a fire in a decommissioned smokestack scrubber is what you could see for miles around Tuesday morning.

The utility says the fire was able to be isolated to Dallman Units 31 and 32. That’s where a contractor was working.

No one was hurt.

Dallman 4 is still in operation, and the utility says there was no impact to that, or to any other facilities and equipment.


ORIGINAL STORY:

Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – A fire in what the Springfield Firefighters Union refers to as a decommissioned smokestack.

The firefighters union says it happened around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and crews will work to put the fire out, which blew thick black smoke for quite a while into the sky.

Officials say there are no exposure concerns for now.

Calls to CWLP and to fire commanders have not been returned.

This story will be updated.



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