A NUCLEAR power station was shut yesterday after fire broke out.
Firefighters were called out to the Dungeness B site, at Romney Marsh, in Kent, just before midnight, after staff spotted a small blaze in the boiler annexe.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service said 10 crews were sent to the scene and managed to extinguish the blaze by 2am.
Crews remained at the site yesterday morning before handing over duty of care to plant owners British Energy by 1pm.
All of the 52 staff on site were accounted for and there were no casualties reported.
A fire service spokesman said the cause of the blaze was still being investigated by officers yesterday.
The station has two reactor units, one of which, unit 21, had already been taken offline for routine maintenance purposes.
A British Energy spokesman said: “There was no risk to the public and there was no release of radioactive material.”
