USA, California: Calpine Employees Evacuated and Accounted For at The Geysers

Valley Fire burns structures at The Geysers geothermal complex (SF Gate)

Some of the geothermal facilities at The Geysers in Lake County were damaged as the 61,000-acre, fast-moving Valley Fire continued burning erratically Monday, officials with the agency that operates the complex said.

The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but all non-essential employees were evacuated and accounted for after flames reached some structures over the weekend, said Brett Kerr, a spokesman for Calpine, the agency that runs the plants.

A few buildings, possibly wooden cooling towers at a handful of plants, were damaged and crucial workers remained at the site working alongside firefighters with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Kerr said.

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