Picture Slideshows > Wind Turbines In Place and Being Constructed (66) > Turbine Fire, Minnesota, March 27, 2008 along I-90
CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO ENLARGE IT. Although we are told problems with turbines are rare, the fact is they happen. This turbine caught fire in our neighbor state of Minnesota on March 27th, 2008. You can see the fire and the smoking chemicals running down the side of the tower. How would you like this 1000 feet from your door? And what could the fire department do about it? Nothing. It's too tall for the fire equipment to reach. The only answer they had was this: "Let it burn."