Residents of Lagos State are likely to witness drop in the supply of electricity to them as fire on Wednesday gutted the 1,320MW Egbin power generating plant run by Egbin Power Plc.
The power generating plant is one of the operating entities of Sahara Power Group, which is an affiliate of Sahara Group.
A statement by the company said the incident occurred at about 4:20pm on February 2, 2022.
It said: “The management of Egbin Power Plc, wishes to inform its stakeholders and the public of a fire incident that occurred at the power plant on Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 at around 4.20pm.
“The incident was successfully controlled by a team of Egbin firefighters working in collaboration with firefighters from the Nigeria Gas Company in Egbin.
“Egbin has since activated its emergency response mechanism to determine the cause of the incident, while operations at the plant have been temporarily suspended in line with the plant’s safety procedures. Egbin is also working with the Federal Fire Service, the Federal Ministry of Power and other stakeholders to review the incident.
“The management of the company assures the public that its technical team is working assiduously to restore operations.
“As the foremost power plant in the nation, Egbin remains committed to providing power innovatively and responsibly in compliance with good health, safety and environmental standards.”
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