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Fire at Ashuganj Power Station

Saturday, 21 March 2015



BRAHMANBARIA, Mar 20:  A fire broke out at the Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited here on Friday afternoon.  M Sazzadur Rahman, director (Technical) of the power station, said the fire erupted at a transformer of the substation around 3pm.  On information, firefighters rushed in and doused the blaze around 4:45pm, said Monirul Huda, duty officer at Ashuganj Fire Service.  Meanwhile, production at two units of the power station remained suspended following the fire incident.     — UNB