A blade on a wind turbine fell to the ground in Plymouth.
Fire Chief Neil Foley says that just before 2 p.m. Friday, a resident reported that one of the three blades on a 300-foot tall wind turbine near 810 Head of the Bay Road had fallen off.
Upon arrival, firefighters located the detached blade several hundred feet away from the base of the turbine, resting in an open cranberry bog area.
The blade is approximately 75 to 100 feet long.
There were no injuries, and there was no danger to the public.
The affected area is remote and surrounded by cranberry bogs, and no homes or occupied buildings were in the immediate vicinity of the fall.
The maintenance company responsible for the wind turbine responded to the scene and conducted an inspection to determine the cause of the failure.
Officials said the turbine automatically entered a fail-safe mode, shutting down immediately after the blade detached. The company cordoned off the area and arranged for contractors to remove the damaged blade and clean up the scene.
Fire officials notified the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Plymouth’s inspectional services of the incident.