8 injured in flash fire at Neyveli thermal power station, two suffer 70 per cent burns

CUDDALORE: Eight persons were injured after a flash fire at a boiler in unit six of the second thermal power station of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL) on Thursday evening.

Speaking to The New Indian Express, an official with NLCIL said, “The flash fire occurred at 5 pm on Thursday at unit 6 operating at the capacity of 210 MW. The total capacity of the thermal station which has seven units is 1470 MW.”