Fire accident at defunct thermal power station
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The fire that broke out at a private defunct thermal power station near Thoothukudi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Handout
Fire broke out at a private defunct thermal power station near here on Saturday.
Though no casualty was reported in the fire accident, the mishap destroyed few lakhs worth equipment at the thermal power station that was inoperative for the past five years.
Police said the fire reportedly broke-out in a transformer on Saturday afternoon and spread to other parts of the private thermal power station at Velayuthapuram near here. On information from the thermal power station authorities, Fire and Rescue Services personnel from SIPCOT rushed to the spot and commenced fire-fighting operations.