Salem: A significant hearth broke out at Mettur thermal plant on Tuesday at round 4:30 am within the conveyer belt space in Salem district, Tamil Nadu. The explanation for the hearth eruption continues to be unknown and officers looking for out the explanation behind the hearth.
As per experiences, it took a complete of eight hearth tenders from Mettur Industrial Estate, Nangavalli, Edappadi, and JSW hearth stations to place out the hearth. The blaze mentioned to be doused at 9 am.
On receipt of data, the Fire and Rescue providers personnel rushed to the spot and managed to douse the hearth in two hours, officals near the event knowledgeable information company PTI.
So far, no injury has been reported inside the ability plant and trigger of fireside is but to be ascertained.
The 840-Megawatt thermal energy plant is among the base load energy vegetation for Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and has 4 models of 210 MW every.
(With inputs from companies)
