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Fire breaks out at Kendal power station in South Africa
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- 11 September, 2021
- 11:27
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On September 11, a fire broke out at Kendal Power Station, 80 km east of Johannesburg, the capital of the Republic of South Africa, Report informs, citing ENCA.
Unit one was damaged after a generator transformer caught fire which caused units 2 and 3 to trip as well.
The fire damaged cables to the main cooling water system on the west side of the power station.
Eskom says all staff was evacuated safely with no injuries, and further investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fire.
The Kendal Power Station was commissioned in 1993. Its total capacity is 4.1 MW has six power units. The coal-fired power plant is the largest in South Africa and the 22nd largest thermal power plant globally.
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