The Transmission Company of Nigeria reports that power has been restored to its Alagbon Transmission Substation following a fire incident.
Vanguard reported that one of the substation’s 60 Mega Volt Ampere power transformers was affected by the event, which occurred at around 4.32 p.m. on Wednesday.
TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, announced this on Thursday in Abuja.
She claimed that the on-duty operator heard a loud crash coming from the switchyard, moved quickly to investigate the noise, and discovered a fire under the transformer’s cooling fans and fins.
The substation’s fire extinguisher was used to put out the fire, but the oil that started flowing from the transformer just made it worse.
“The engineer then disconnected the 300MVA 330/132/33 Kilo Volt (KV) transformer’s power supply in the substation and called the Federal Fire Service in Onikan and Dolphin Estate.
The fire was extinguished by the firemen around 5.35 p.m., she said.
According to Mbah’s early assessment, the transformer might be saved or repaired, and the situation was now under control.
Availability of transformers at the station has been restored, according to her, and regular supply to the station was resumed at 7.21 p.m. “Eko Distribution on the ground for the management of the affected three 33KV feeder, as well as the redundancy in the station.
“Supply will be available soon for all customers feeding from the Alagbon 330/132/33KV substation.
“The situation is under control, and TCN will immediately do a thorough inspection of the damaged transformer in order to correctly assess the transformer’s need for repair.
We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, especially since the company had been operating since the start of this year without experiencing a major problem or system failure, she said.
Mbah said that TCN had already dispatched engineers to inspect the transformer and begin repairs right away. She also promised that the corporation will investigate what caused the incident in order to prevent similar occurrences in its substations.
