There was a fire outbreak at Apo
transmission substation in the federal capital territory (FCT) on Sunday.
The substation is being operated
by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
In a statement, the Abuja
Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) which feeds directly from the
substation said a 45MVA transformer was lost in the inferno.
TCN said the fire resulted from a
direct fault from one of Abuja Disco’s 33kV feeders which has a history of
incessant tripping.
The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) fire service assisted in putting off the fire.
It said the Apo Transmission
Substation has other transformers and so, power supply to all the areas that
take supply from the substation through AEDC will not be affected by the
incident.
“Our technical team is right now
working with the TCN engineers to see how to absorb the load on the 45MVA
transformer that was affected by the fire,” the statement read.
Babatunde Fashola, minister of
power, works and housing, was quoted as saying the damages were being assessed.
“I am aware of the Apo Fire
incident which occurred today affecting the transmission transformer and our
staff are at site and on ground. Fire has been put out. Damages are being
assessed and plans underway to redistribute power to communities served by the
burnt/damaged transformer at Apo transmission substation,” he reportedly said.
TCN said it is equally
investigating possibility of transformer protection failure on its 45MVA power
transformer.
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