Fire at Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant extinguished

The fire that broke out in the territory of Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant located in the country’s Mingachevir city was extinguished, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement.

The Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received information about the fire at 08:25am today. Firefighters of the State Fire Protection Service arrived at the scene at 08:28am.  

As a result of the fire, the knife switch, winding of one of the transformers, and transformer oil spilled into the area of 400 square meters burned down.

The fire was extinguished at 08:46am.