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   Bangladesh
Fire at Sylhet power station snaps electricity supply
  Date : 30-04-2024

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.

  
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