Some areas of the country’s northeastern districts experienced power supply disruptions due to a fire incident at a grid sub-station at the Fenchuganj power station on Monday.
According to official sources at Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) that operates the substation, the fire broke out at 10:45 am on Monday at the transformer of the 230-132 kV grid substation leading to a shutdown in power supply. As a result, the power supply from the substation to a number of areas of four districts – Sylhel, Habiganj, Comilla, and Moulvibazar was disrupted.
Five power plants generate electricity from the Fenchuganj power station are 97 MW Fenchuganj CCPP-1 (Gas), 104 MW Fenchuganj CCPP-2(New), 51 MW Fenchuganj (Barakatullah), 163 MW Kushiara Fenchugonj and 44 MW Fenchuganj (Energyprima).
However, PGCB officials claimed that operation of no power plant was affected by the fire incident and they have been able to restore the power supply to the disrupted areas within few minutes through alternative Fenchuganj 132 kV transmission grid line.
