Overview
- Hydro Tasmania’s Tungatinah Power Station, which burned on the night of September 2, was declared an accidental fire after extensive examinations by the Tasmania Fire Service.
- Investigators say the fire originated on the assembly bay floor and have identified several possible ignition sources that will be probed over the coming weeks and months.
- Hydro Tasmania says the main building was gutted and will need to be demolished, and teams cannot confirm whether generating equipment can be salvaged until they gain full and safe access.
- Tungatinah previously produced about 142 megawatts, roughly 5 percent of Tasmania’s electricity, and the blaze caused temporary outages for about 300 customers and required dozens of emergency crews to control.
- The scene has been handed back to Hydro Tasmania, with stabilisation, recovery work and a detailed multi‑week to multi‑month investigation now under way and staff coping with the loss of a long‑served remote workplace.