20210908 Ahmedabad: Fire at Makarba electricity substation
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Ahmedabad: Fire at Makarba electricity substation
Updated: 2021-09-08
The fire being extinguished on Tuesday
AHMEDABAD: A fire occurred at the Torrent Power substation in Makarba on Tuesday evening.
It was brought under control in about half an hour. No one was reported injured in the incident.
Inayat Shaikh, divisional fire officer, South West Zone of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said they received a call around 6.15pm regarding the fire at the power substation.
“The fire had broken out in the high-voltage transformer. Within five minutes, six dry-powder trolley mounted fire extinguishers were deployed and it took us about 30 minutes to get the fire under control,” Shaikh said. He added that fire officials left the spot only after the fire was extinguished and the affected transformers were tested.
A statement from Torrent said the fire had broken out in the 132kV new Pirana-Prahladnagar line in the Prahladnagar (Makarba) substation switchyard.
“There was no power interruption to consumers as we diverted power supply to another line while the fire was being put out,” a company spokesperson said.
Web Source: The Times of India