27-02-2025
Watch: Oklahoma wind turbine mysteriously collapses on clear, windless day
A wind turbine mysteriously collapsed Tuesday morning in northern Oklahoma, leaving debris scattered across a field.
Firefighters responded to a call around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday about a downed wind turbine on a private farm east of Kildare, a small town in Kay County that is about 115 miles north of Oklahoma City, news outlets report.
Kildare fire chief Travis Harris told community news website Kay NewsCow that the residents at least four miles away reported hearing the sound early Tuesday.
Officials told FOX25 that the cause of the incident is not yet known. No injuries or fires were reported.
Some pics from this mornings call of collapsed east and north of Kildare.
Posted by Kildare Fire Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Kildare Fire Department officials told Oklahoma City TV station KOCO that the collapse was "bizarre" because it wasn't a windy day.
Pictures posted to the fire department's social media page show the collapsed wind turbine in several pieces scattered across the field.
It's unclear which company may have operated this specific turbine. However, the U.S. Wind Turbine Database, which is a map of turbines that's continually updated by several government agencies, shows that most, if not all, turbines northeast of Kildare are part of Duke Energy Renewables' Frontier II project, which were manufactured by Nordex and brought online in 2021.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Watch: Oklahoma wind turbine mysteriously collapses, debris scattered
