Fire on top of a controller cabinet
Incident Investigation
Fire on top of a controller cabinet
August 24, 2021
Elevating Devices
Reference Number:
II-1244167-2021 (#23713)
Location: New Westminster
Regulated industry sector: Elevating devices - Escalator or moving walkway
Incident overview
A fault in the variable frequency drive caused the resistors to overheat. Documents that were placed on top of the controller cabinet over the resistors caught on fire due to the excess heat. The fire was extinguished by the local Fire Department.