August 6, 2019
Wisconsin

Emergency crews respond to wind turbine fire near Friesland

JT Cestkowski, Social Media Content Producer/Desk Editor | WKOW | August 5, 2019 | wkow.com

Photo by Teresa DeJager

Friesland firefighters are currently on the scene of a burning wind turbine east of the village on Highway 33, according to Columbia County dispatchers.

Emergency crews from Friesland and Randolph EMS responded at 3:40 p.m.

Pictures posted to the Baraboo Scanner Facebook page showed the turbine billowing smoke into an otherwise blue sky.

This is a developing story.

Photo by Chandra De Young

URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2019/08/06/emergency-crews-respond-to-wind-turbine-fire-near-friesland/