Facilities in GMR barge-mounted power plant site catch fire, no casualty
The Hindu
The reason for the fire mishap is yet to be ascertained
A major fire broke out on September 25 morning in the site of 220 MW Barge-mounted power plant owned by the GMR Energy group adjacent to the Kakinada deep seaport at Kumbabhisekham area on the Kakinada coast in East Godavari district.
The country's only barge-mounted power plant was shifted to Turkey recently from the Kakinada coast, where the power plant was decommissioned in 2013.
East Godavari District Fire Officer Ch. Ratna Babu told The Hindu, "By 10 am at least four fire tenders were engaged in dousing the fire. The exact reason for the fire mishap is yet to be ascertained.”
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