Demolition contractor Brown & Mason, responsible for the controlled explosion at Didcot A power station last weekend when a pylon burst into flames, has stressed that no debris left the exclusion zone it had set up.
The 33kV overhead line was thought to have been struck by some form of “protective material” after the explosions, although Brown & Mason did not elaborate on exactly what the material was.
The incident followed the contractor’s demolition of three cooling towers, at around 7am on Sunday morning, and resulted in power being lost to thousands of homes in the area, which was later restored at around 820am.
In a statement, the company said: “During the recent demolition of the north cooling towers at Didcot A Power Station, a section of protective material came into contact with an adjacent live overhead line, which was well within the safe exclusion zone for the event.
“All aspects of the demolition are currently undergoing a thorough investigation by all of the interested parties involved. This investigation will be conducted as quickly as possible but until all of the facts are known and established, there will be no further comments or speculation.
“We, however wish to make it clear, at no time did any debris from the demolition of the cooling towers leave the safety exclusion zone.”
