Some areas under Palli Bidyut and Sylhet city have been hit by a power outage after a fire broke out at Kumargaon Power Station on Monday morning.
Five firefighting units were able to extinguish the blaze after around one and a half hours` of frantic efforts.
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Sylhet Division Chief Engineer Abdul Quadir said that the fire originated following a sparking caused by snapping of Palli Bidyut high voltage wire at the power station.
After the incident, authorities kept stopped electricity supply at some sub-centres.