Fire breaks out at Ulon grid substation

A fire at grid substation at Ulon in Rampura area led to power cuts in the southern parts of the capital yesterday.

According to official sources at Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), the fire broke out at the 132/33kV grid substation around 4pm, but the reason was not clear immediately.

Several units of Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot, and brought the fire under control at about 4:50pm, sources said.

A PGCB official said electricity supply to Motijheel, Rampura, Jatrabari, Lalbagh and Dhanmondi were severely disrupted following the fire.

"We're trying to restore electricity supply to the areas," a PGCB official said.

He said the substation was recently handed over to Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC). "But still both the PGCB and DPDC officials were jointly in the operation of substation," he said.