The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it had lost
one of its 330KV transmission lines from Sapele to Ughelli, Delta and 12 towers
along the route, to fire.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday
by Mrs Seun Olagunju, its General Manager in charge of Public Affairs.
The statement said the fire was caused by a petrol tanker
that fell and caught fire at the transmission station on Sunday morning.
``The fire caused the melting and snapping of all of the
line conductors between the two towers causing a loss of balance along the
transmission line.
``This resulted in their eventual collapse. Tower 81 did not
collapse but was bent’’, it said.
It added that with the collapse, TCN had temporarily lost power
evacuation from the line.
The statement said all power generated by Delta and Sapele
Power Stations would now only be evacuated through the second 500MW capacity
33KV transmission line from Ughelli to Benin.
It assured that the Benin line would adequately evacuate
power generated from the power stations to Benin.
The statement said it TCN had also put plans in place to
ensure that the transmission lines were free of encumbrances to ensure
continued efficient wheeling of power generated.
It said it had also put security operatives in place to
guard the collapsed tower from vandals.
The statement said the incident had led to massive loss to
the company and the nation and that about one billion naira would be required
for the reconstruction of the 12 towers.
It pledged to do all it could to reconstruct the 33KV
transmission line as quickly as possible to check further losses to the nation.
NAN
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