Fire Reported at Nuclear Tower Near Phoenix
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The Phoenix Fire Department along with several units responded to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix.
Authorities say a maintenance crew noticed smoke coming from a piece of fiberglass in a cooling tower at Unit 3.
Arizona Public Service, which operates the station, says there is no fire at the station, and nobody was hurt.
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Spokesman Jim McDonald says workers notice smoke earlier Wednesday. He says it came off a fiberglass barrier used to keep water off the maintenance crew.
He says the barrier never caught fire.
McDonald says the Unit 3 cooling tower is outside the station's fence and far away from any nuclear material.
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Several units responded to the fire scene, according to a Phoenix Fire Department dispatcher.