Fire reported at a TCN substation in Lagos

What happened

A headline dated 15 June 2023 reported that a fire had gutted a Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) substation in Lagos and that a blackout loomed. The full article was not available. Damage, the cause, casualties and whether supply was actually interrupted were not reported.

Contributing factors

The cause was not reported.

Lessons learned

1. A fire at a transmission substation can put supply at risk before the scale of damage is known.
2. Operators should isolate the affected equipment and check whether load can be transferred.
3. Cause, casualties and outage figures should not be assumed until the site has been inspected.

Source

westernpost.ng