Post date: Feb 27, 2012 1:13:42 PM
No i njuries had been reported in the fire at the plant, which only began generating power last month.
The fire service said operations were being hindered by the fact that the fire is high up in the main structure of the
building, making it difficult for crews to reach.
The Tilbury Power Station, Britain's first dedicated biomass plant, is located in Essex to the east of Tilbury Docks on the River Thames.
The 750 megawatt (MW) power plant is on the site of the utility's ageing Tilbury coal-fired power plant, which will shut
down by the end of 2015.
More than 100 fire-fighters fight a massive blaze at Britain's biggest biomass power station.
ESSEX, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 27, 2012) (ITN )- A huge fire broke out Monday (February 27) in a fuel storage area at a wood-pellet-fired power station, to the east of London and is Britain's largest dedicated biomass plant.