Power supply across Mymensingh division has been restored nearly 40 hours after a fire broke out in the national grid substation in Kewatkhali, bdnews24.com reports.
The power grid 'T1' transformer was reinstated at 2:52 am on Saturday, said Executive Engineer Masudul Haque of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Mymensingh substation.
PDB, Mymensingh PGCB staff and Energypac experts assisted in the power restoration work, said Masudul.
Earlier on September 08, a massive fire broke out in the substation due to “overheating of marshalling board.” Firefighters from six units tamed the blaze after an hour.
Electricity supply was stopped to Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrokona after the incident.
Of about one million clients in the four districts of Mymensingh, 650,000 lost electricity supply.
A second blaze erupted at the national grid substation in Kewatkhali on September 10. Mymensingh was hit by a power outage following the incident.
