Fire Breaks Out at Machkund Hydroelectric Project in Koraput

Added: 2026-05-24

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[00:01:14]at 12:00 exactly at 12:00 the fire has started at VCB uh breaker and the cables are caught fire and uh the fire extended to the uh unit control cables and power cables.

[00:01:30]>> Yeah. uh and uh now the Lavaput fire department uh came in time and uh quured the fire and the fire is now under control. So we thanks to all the departments uh uh supported us and also uh the local uh people and the local departments, revenue departments and the local uh other departments also supported us and uh the fire has been quenched and uh now we are uh at the fire controlled stage. Okay.

[00:02:06]>> First of all, how damage?

[00:02:09]>> Yeah. Yeah. uh uh fire has started at the uh VCB VCB circuit breaker got fired and uh the cable uh the fire extended to the cable and uh the the same fire extended to the power cables and control cables. Now uh the fire is under uh controlled stage. Okay. We serious any >> uh no no injuries and no fatal accidents uh happened. Uh all are safe and uh uh we are thankful to the the Ltaput fire department. They came in time and uh they coned the fire uh in time and we are on the safe side. Okay. And we will fire how many stops there in >> Yes. Exactly. Exactly. Uh members uh 10 members are staff are there and immediately they elected uh they elected all the uh maintenance and remaining staff and the fire department and uh uh they came out the powerhouse safely safely. Nobody got injured uh and no fatal accident.

[00:03:23]>> Now what the situations are started?

[00:03:26]>> Uh yeah the now we are studying we are observing uh very very soon we want to take the units into service. Actually uh regular happening the tripping and uh uh servicing uh the units and uh normal state but today what happen is big sound and along with the blast uh with the high sparks happening uh unit one side from there to unit six side uh uh propagate all sides that is a very sequence of multiple blasts and sparks.

[00:04:01]So we first of all we we not able to do anything to control the powerhouse at the time it is exceed the limit that's why we 10 people are continuously monitoring the powerhouse if 10 peoples has to uh gone out to the left to the powerhouse immediately uh that is a problem >> and what is the what happened after that somebody has stuck it in the floor >> no no no actually the control room people's first came out turbine floor people's uh little bit communication is also late to even blast so many uh more than the sound is existence then blast that's why they came late out little bit suffocation no no human hazards and fat accidents are happening all are Sir forgot.

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