Photos: Fire Damages Fort Worth, TX, Electric Substation
By Lillie Davidson
Source Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A power substation in Fort Worth erupted in flames hours before a winter storm is set to hit /North Texas, including the DFW area, officials with the Fire Department and Oncor Electric Delivery said.
Video of the fire posted to social media shows massive orange flames and black smoke coming from the power substation, which is located off Henrietta Creek Road and Seventeen Lakes Boulevard in far north Fort Worth, near Roanoke.
The Fort Worth Fire Department was notified of the incident at around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, and sent about 15 units to respond to the fire, according to online call logs.
Crews with Oncor Electric Delivery were onsite and worked to disconnect equipment so fire crews could access the area, Oncor officials said in a statement.
All power outages caused by the incident were restored Wednesday night, officials said. Oncor crews have not yet determined the cause of the fire.
At a news conference late Wednesday night, Fort Worth Fire Department spokesperson Craig Trojacek said firefighters were waiting to decide whether to let the fire burn or try to put it out with water.
“There is a lot of oil involved — I’m being told probably about close to roughly 30,000 gallons,” Trojacek said. “We don’t know how much of that is burned off, with it being on fire for the last couple of hours, but that is one of the things that we’re watching is just to make sure.”
Trojacek said the Fire Department does not believe that the fire was started intentionally or was criminal in nature.
He said that residents of about 20 nearby homes were notified of the fire but they were not ordered to evacuate.
In a social media post about 8:45 p.m., the Fire Department said that additional FWFD crews and crews from other area departments were joining the crews already on scene.
The department urged the public to avoid the area for their safety and the safety of first responders.
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