Fire erupts at power grid station; supply disrupted

A major fire today broke out at a power grid station at Singhawala in this district following which power supply in Moga and adjoining areas was disrupted.
"The fire broke out at 220 KV grid sub station because of fault at 11 KV feeders and it slowly spread to whole power station," an official of state transmission corporation limited said.
Though there was no human loss in the inferno, power transmission equipments, including two transformers 132/11 KV each and control room worth Rs 5 crore, were gutted in the fire, another official said.
The fire caused massive damage to power equipments and power supply can be restored only by tomorrow, he said.

Fire tenders from Moga and adjoining Ferozepur and Ludhiana districts were called in to put out the flames which took more than two hours to control the fire.
"Power supply has been disrupted in 50-60 per cent of power connections in Moga and surrounding villages which are in the radius on 15-20 km," the official said.