BAYONNE – Bayonne firefighters contained a gas turbine fire on Monday, March 9 that had temperatures recorded as high as 900 degrees, according to fire officials.
At 12:56 a.m., the Bayonne Fire Department was dispatched to the Bayonne Cogeneration Technologies Plant at 250 East 22nd St.
“Arriving firefighters confronted high heat and smoke pushing from a large gas turbine used by the facility to generate electricity,” said Fire Chief Gregory Rogers.
Firefighters put protective fire hoses in place to thwart a potential extension of the turbine fire. Plant operators shut down electrical power to the unit and surrounding equipment.
“Thermal imaging cameras were reporting equipment temperatures as high as 900 degrees,” Rogers said.
Firefighters opened access doors and used a 200-pound dry chemical system to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters cleared the scene an hour later.
There were no reported injuries.
Bayonne firefighters contain gas fire at plant
