By STATE OF TRANSFORMER UNDECIDED AS FIRE BREAKS OUT AT ABUJA POWER TRANSMISSION STATION
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN in response to the fire outbreak that was recorded at a power transmission substation in Apo, Abuja yesterday, Sunday April 28th 2019 has expressed that the degree of damage done to the power plant cannot be ascertained yet.
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Speaking after the incident, the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, said “it’s still early for TCN to determine if the burnt transformer can be salvaged.”
While explaining the cause of the fire outbreak, Ndidi said the fire resulted from a direct fault from one of Abuja Disco’s 33kV feeders which had a history of incessant tripping, because it lacked protection.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered from a report by Punch that the burnt transformer was part of those that feed the 33kV feeders of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
The fire according to reports started at about 1.30 pm from a transformer in the substation and persisted for some hours.
However, the fire was put out by the combined effort of the federal, FCT and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation fire service.
