Emergency crews were responding to a large blaze at Plant Bowen in Bartow County, Georgia Thursday. No injuries were reported.
The scene is at 317 Covered Bridge Road.
Images posted to social media showed thick black smoke billowing from the coal-fired power station. It was unknown what started the fire.
@wsbtv plant Bowen pic.twitter.com/p4VEcFuOuM
— Zach (@ZachFord2) July 13, 2017
Anyone know what’s going on with Plant Bowen?? @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/PfldW6yxW4
— Sam? (@SBatmannn) July 13, 2017
#BREAKING: New images sent to us of the fire at Plant Bowen from #fox5atl viewer Rusty Lanier. Live report starting at 5pm. pic.twitter.com/iuY9xPoI0E
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) July 13, 2017
praying for families who work at plant bowen!!!! pic.twitter.com/4sVyrLcqDN
— amy moreno (@amalynnm) July 13, 2017
At over 3,200 megawatts, Plant Bowen is one of the largest coal-fired power plants in North America.
On 4 April 2013, an explosion occurred on unit 2 while it was being removed from service and readied for a planned maintenance outage. This caused significant damage to the plant but there were no serious injuries. The explosion was attributed to a mixture of hydrogen and air in the generator, due to failure to comply with procedures.
