Fire breaks out in Abuja power transmission station (Punch)

There was fire outbreak on Sunday at a power transmission substation in Apo, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

It was learnt that the fire started at about 1.30pm from a transformer in the substation and persisted for some hours.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria confirmed the incident and stated that one of the 45MVA 132/33kV power transformers in the substation was involved.

It said the burnt transformer was part of those feeding the 33kV feeders of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. Read more