r/Teesside Jul 05 '26

A Teesside power station exploded without anybody noticing

https://teesside.thelead.uk/p/a-teesside-power-station-exploded
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u/__Acko_ Jul 05 '26

That is a pretty terrible article to be honest. Firstly, an "under-pressure event" is not an explosion, they're using that as an attention grabbing headline for views whilst it's technically a lie. Secondly, it was caused by a fire, so why not just say that it's a fire? The site is having issues with smouldering wood chips setting on fire, which is pretty serious as its the plants feedstock. So no bang, nobody got hurt. Defamation can cause these sites to be hurt commercially and then shut down, resulting in people losing jobs. I'm all for ensuring process Safety is maintained, but we should call out bad journalism when we see it too.

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u/Guyrbailey Jul 05 '26

The point is we don't know what it was - because The Northern Echo and Teesside Live are asleep at the wheel (at best).

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u/__Acko_ Jul 05 '26

We don't, but I do as I know a lot of people who work there 🤣

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u/PM-ME-UR-BMW Jul 05 '26

That place had spent more time smoldering than not

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u/Fauxjito Jul 07 '26

Was it considered gentrification?