Watch: Wind turbine in North Sea catches fire

A occurrence connected an offshore upwind turbine has aforesaid extinguished, its proprietor has said.

A plume of achromatic fume was seen billowing from the Scroby Sands upwind farm, 1.5 miles (2.5km) disconnected the seashore of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

HM Coastguard said the alarm was raised astatine 10:50 BST connected Tuesday and that each unit had been accounted for pursuing an evacuation.

RWE, the German institution that owns the upwind farm, said no-one was connected committee the turbine erstwhile the occurrence broke out.

The institution hoped to person the upwind workplace backmost operational connected Wednesday.

A spokesperson for RWE said: "An incidental occurred which led to a occurrence successful the turbine nacelle - the enclosure astatine the apical of the operation which houses the generating components.

"Emergency services were contacted instantly and the Coastguard made aware. They are monitoring the country and advising connected a imaginable 500 metre regularisation portion being enforced astir the affected turbine.

"We would inquire radical to support distant from the country arsenic assessments are ongoing."