Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited
Probe committee formed over NESCO sub-station fire in Naogaon
The district administration formed a five-member probe committee Friday after the sudden fire at the Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) 33/11 thousand kV sub-station in Naogaon.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Harun ur Rashid formed the committee on Friday noon after inspecting the damaged 33/11 thousand kV sub-station.
Additional District Magistrate Razia Sultana was made convener of the probe committee which has been asked to submit an investigation report within the next three working days.
Read: Fire in power substation triggers outage in Naogaon
On Friday 7:30 am, seven breakers in the power control room caught fire with a sudden load noise resulting power supply cut off in Naogaon, Sadar upazila, Raninagar, some parts of Atrai upazila as well as Shantahar and Adamdighi areas of Bogura district.
On information, four units of Naogaon Fire Service brought the fire under control after trying for about an hour.
However, no casualties were reported.
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