The wind farm operator confirmed its staff were safe and there were no injuries.
An investigation is under way after a fire on an offshore wind turbine.
A plume of thick black smoke could be seen billowing from one of the towers at the Scroby Sands wind farm on Tuesday morning off the coast ofThe alarm was raised around 10.50am and all staff at the North Sea site were accounted for after an evacuation, the coastguard said in a statement.RWE, the operator of the wind farm which is 1.5 miles off the coast, said the workers were safe and there were no injuries.
The German company stated it was the turbine nacelle - the enclosure at the top of the tower which houses the generating components - that had been alight following an incident. A spokesperson for the operator said the blaze had"extinguished itself" after a short time, admitting it was"incredibly rare" for a turbine to catch fire.More on Norfolk
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