Three Injured in Canada Wood Pellet Plant Explosion

- Octo­ber 14, 2014, Bioen­er­gy Insight

An explo­sion at Pin­na­cle Renew­able Ener­gy’s wood pel­let plant in British Colum­bia injured three and result­ed in around 30 employ­ees being evacuated.

The inci­dent hap­pened on 9 Octo­ber after a fire broke out inside equip­ment used to dry wood fibre. The plan­t’s built-in sup­pres­sion sys­tem had already extin­guished the flames by the time fire fight­ers arrived.

The plant was last inspect­ed on 17 June 2014, when no prob­lems were found.