Firefighters remain at Moneypoint following a fire at the power station two days ago.
Clare County Fire Service was alerted to a small fire at the West Clare facility in the early hours of Tuesday morning and remain at the site as part of risk control measures.
Clare’s County Fire service have confirmed that it responded to a small fire at Moneypoint power station around 5am on Tuesday.
After that fire had been extinguished, crews were requested to monitor “elevated temperature levels” in some coal stock.
Firefighters have been working in shifts to monitor the work of ESB crews as they continue the lengthy process of removing coal from the bunker.
It’s expected that the fire service could be at the scene for up to two more days while the ESB works to remove the coal using specialist equipment.
The ESB has confirmed that the fire service was requested to remain on stand by, as part of risk control measures, while coal was fed to the boiler and when any residual amount is emptied from the bunkers.
In March, fire crews attended a fire at the same facility after the plant’s automatic fire system detected a blaze on a coal conveyor system.
The company later confirmed they had launched an investigation into the incident and that the HSA and the EPA had also been notified.
