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Fire Guts Two TCN Substation Transformers In Kano

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that an inferno has razed two substation transformers at the Transmission Company of Nigeria in Dan’agundi, Kano Municipal, Kano State.

The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Sunday confirmed the incident to newsmen.

He said the incident occurred on Sunday evening at around 4pm.

Abdullahi said in a statement: “We received a distress call at about 04:10 p.m from one  Mr Umar, that there was a fire outbreak at the Dan’agundi substation.

“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene, to bring the situation under control.

 “Transformer one (TR one) with 60 MVA capacity and transformer two (TR two) 60 MVA capacity with one crane caught fire.”

Abdullahi said the fire was caused by a technical team working at the site of the transformer.

He further confirmed that there was no life lost and no one sustained injury.

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