Incidents recorded in Malaysia across battery storage, solar, wind, grid infrastructure and data centres.
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On 16 October 2026 a fire broke out at about 6.03pm at the Kangkar Tebrau main intake substation in Johor Bahru, operated by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). Reports say an explosion sound was heard at the site. The fire interrupted supply and caused a blackout...
An unidentified man was found dead early in the morning on the road shoulder beside a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) substation in Felda Adela, near Sungai Rengit, Kota Tinggi, Johor. Police said the death is believed to be an electric shock while the man was...
A fire broke out at a solar hybrid station in the remote settlement of Long Atip, in the Marudi area of Sarawak, involving a room housing about 480 batteries and inverter equipment. The fire was reported at around 8.50am and was brought under control by...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
A Sarawak Tribune headline dated 13 June 2024 said an SEB team took swift action to quell a transformer fire. The article text was not available, so the place, the type of site, the cause, any injuries and any effect on supply were not reported in the source...
A Tenaga Nasional substation next to the Jesus Caritas Catholic Church in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur caught fire on the evening of 9 June 2024. The substation supplied power to the church and other parts of the Jalan Kepong Baru area. An emergency call was received...
A report on 12 December 2024 said three people died after solar panels they were installing came into contact with a power line. The available report does not give the place, the site, the companies involved, or how the contact occurred.
An electric substation was reported to have caught fire in Sandakan district on 6 September 2023, at about 1pm. A 14-year-old sustained burns to the face, body, arms and legs. The cause of the fire, and how the teenager came to be at the substation, were not...
A fire broke out at a Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) substation in Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur, while repair works were being carried out. In a statement on Wednesday 5 July 2023, the City Fire and Rescue Department said sparks broke out after an...
An initial investigation by the Energy Commission found that a fire in the Midvalley Megamall main entrance substation room on 17 May 2023 was caused by a TX2 transformer which caught fire. The supply system fed from that substation was affected. The same...
A published headline reports that a fire broke out at a TNB substation and that Mid Valley City was closed until further notice. The cause, the equipment involved, any injuries and how long the closure lasted are not reported in the available text.
An electrical fire occurred at a Tenaga Nasional Bhd substation in northern Yong Peng, Johor, which the company confirmed to The Vibes. The disruption at the Yong Peng North substation caused the loss of 2.2 gigawatts, reported as 10% of demand in Peninsular...
A landslide occurred at Jalan Tun Dr Ismail, Taman Bukit Sentosa in Seremban following several hours of continuous heavy rain. The event affected a Tenaga Nasional Bhd substation, causing damage to the transformer. Two vehicles, a Mercedes-Benz and a Volvo,...
On the evening of 3 January 2022, a fire affected the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) equipment at the Telekom Malaysia (TM) IT Complex in Cyberjaya. TM said the fire led to a nationwide disruption of its Unifi TV service from about 9.50pm. The Fire and...
On the night of 18 December 2021, video shared online was reported to show a main electrical substation in Glenmarie, Shah Alam, exploding during flash flooding, with a large fireball and further explosions. A separate social media report said the Glenmarie...
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