PNO-III-99-045, on 991001,brush Fire Was Reported on Licensee Site in Unused Area one-fourth to one-half Mile from Plant Itself.Massac County Fire Dept Responded with Two Trucks & Tanker & Extinguished Fire in About 1 H

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PNO-III-99-045:on 991001,brush Fire Was Reported on Licensee Site in Unused Area one-fourth to one-half Mile from Plant Itself.Massac County Fire Dept Responded with Two Trucks & Tanker & Extinguished Fire in About 1 H
ML20216J703
Person / Time
Site: 04003392
Issue date: 10/01/1999
From: Hiland P, Phillips M
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-99-045, NUDOCS 9910060066
Download: ML20216J703 (1)


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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-III-99-045

.This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest' significance. The..information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region III staff (Lisle. Illinois) on this date.

Facility Licensee Emergency Classification

' Allied Signal, Inc. Notification of Unusual Event Metropolis. Illinois Alert License No: SUB-526 Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

Subject:

BRUSH FIRE ON. SITE PROPERTY ONE-FOURTH MILE FROM PLANT About 12 noon CDT on October 1.1999, a brush fire was reported on the

. licensee's site in an unused area one-fourth to one-half mile from the plant itself. There are no buildings or equipment in the area where the  !

fire occurred. l The Massac County Fire Department responded with two trucks and a tanker and extinguished the fire in about one hour.' The licensee reported that the fire burned grass and brush.in an area about 100 yards wide and one-fourth mile long beside a rail line. Rail traffic was stopped because hose lines were stretched across the tracks. The fire department is j investigating the cause of the fire.

Plant operations were not .affected by the fire. j

. The State of Illinois will be informed. The information in this' 'I preliminary notification has been reviewed with licensee management. l i

' The licensee ' notified the NRC Operations Center of the fire at 1:12 I p.m.CDT on_0ctober 1.' 1999. This information is current as of 3 p.m. CDT on October 1. 1999.

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Contact:

Monte Phillips Patrick Hiland-(630)829-9806. (630)829-9603 i

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