Biomass boiler explodes at Raigmore
Following an internal investigation by the NHS Highland estates department, it has been discovered that the incident at the Raigmore Hospital this morning was caused by a build-up of pressure.
A spokesman for NHS Highland explained: "There was a release of energy in an economiser from boiler 2 which caused this build-up of pressure and resulted in a loud bang.
"As a precautionary measure, the three NHS Highland staff members who were in the boiler room at the time have been referred to occupational health.
"One staff member has been given an ENT appointment tomorrow morning to check their hearing has not been affected by the loud bang. There were no injuries as a result of this incident."
The hospital is now running as normal and no services have been affected.
"The pressure in the economiser has been isolated and there has been no excess damage to the biomass boiler."
