Fire at Satkhira grid station cuts power for 3 hrs

A fire has broken out at the main power grid station in Satkhira Sadar Upazila, plunging the entire district into a three-hour blackout, reports bdnews24.com.

The incident occurred around 11:00am on Saturday when a transformer at the 132/33 kV power grid station in Binapota area exploded, according to Russell Islam, the official in charge of the Satkhira grid line.

The Fire Service said the flames suddenly erupted around 11:10am following the explosion of a transformer. Two firefighting units rushed to the scene and managed to bring the fire under control after about an hour. No casualties were reported.

Nurul Islam, a warehouse inspector with the Satkhira Fire Service, said preliminary assessments suggested the fire may have been triggered by overheating of the transformer or an electrical short circuit.