Fire and explosion at Aminbazar grid substation during rain

What happened

A fire followed an explosion at the Aminbazar grid substation in Bangladesh during rain, according to a Dhaka Tribune report published on 6 October 2023. The report's headline links the fire to a power outage. The article text could not be retrieved, so the sequence of events, the equipment involved, the extent of the outage and the response by the fire service and utility are not confirmed. The entry is based on the headline and feed summary only and should be read as provisional until the full report is checked.

Contributing factors

Not reported in the headline or feed summary. The report refers to rain at the time of the incident, but no cause has been confirmed.

Lessons learned

1. Substation equipment exposed to rain and water ingress should be inspected for insulation and sealing faults, particularly during wet weather.
2. Operators should maintain clear emergency procedures for isolating a substation after an explosion, so that fire crews can attend safely and supply can be restored in a controlled way.
3. Where an electrical explosion causes an outage, utilities should publish a confirmed cause and restoration timeline so that the public and other operators can learn from the event.

More lessons on weather and external hazards, worker safety and safe systems of work, outages, backup supply and restoration, from every incident on the register.

Source

dhakatribune.com