Explosion with fire occurred at a thermal power plant in Bucharest - what is known

A fire broke out on Monday evening at the Bucharest-West Thermal Power Plant (CET West) in the Romanian capital, affecting three transformers and causing voltage fluctuations in Bucharest, UNN reports with reference to Digi24.

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Firefighters arrived at the scene in several special vehicles, and water tankers were also deployed. On Tuesday morning, five more fire engines were working at the thermal power plant for observation and cooling.

A drop in electrical voltage was felt for a few seconds in several districts of Bucharest around 11:35 PM.

The country's Minister of Energy, Bogdan Ivan, claims that the capital's electricity supply will not be affected, but more than two thousand blocks in three sectors were left without hot water.

Termoenergetica announced on Tuesday that about 2,300 blocks in western Bucharest were left without hot water after a fire at the thermal power plant.

The capital's General Mayor, Ciprian Ciucu, announced on Tuesday that after the explosion at CET West, start-up operations began at the Grozăvești Thermal Power Plant (CET Grozăvești) facilities, and hot water supply would resume within parameters by midnight.

"At this moment, CET West is stopped. Commissioning works have begun at the CET Grozăvești facilities, and two hot water boilers have already been launched," the mayor of the Romanian capital wrote on his Facebook page.

The cause of the incident that occurred at the thermal power plant in Bucharest on Monday evening was a malfunction of the power grid at the 6 kV substation, ELCEN announced on Tuesday, stating that the malfunction did not affect electricity consumers. The fire, as indicated, was extinguished overnight by response teams, and work is currently underway to assess the damage and implement the necessary technical measures.

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