20190531 Fire at Ashuganj plant transformer disrupts power generation
Bangladesh May 31 2019 “Other”
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Fire at Ashuganj plant transformer disrupts power generation
Updated: 2019–05–31
A transformer at the Ashuganj thermal power plant in Brahmanbaria has caught fire, halting electricity generation in five units.
Two units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence battled the blaze for an hour to bring it under control on Thursday evening, Ashuganj Power Station Managing Director AMM Sazzadur Rahman told bdnews24.com.
No casualties were reported.
Five units of the station shut when the fire started at a newly installed transformer on the switch yard of the station sometime after connection was established to the transformer at 6:20pm, Sazzadur said.
These are the 225MW CCPP Unit, 150MW Unit No 5, 50MW Gas Engine Unit, and privately run 195MW United Power and 55MW Precision Energy Power Plant, according to the station’s MD.
The 225MW CCPP Unit and the 50MW Gas Engine Unit resumed power production at 8:45pm, he said.
“Repairs on the others are ongoing. These will be resume generation within a few more hours,” Sazzadur said.
The authorities were yet to assess the damage caused by the fire, he added.
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