A fire at an 11KV distribution centre of CESC on Friday evening caused a power outage in phases across several parts of the city’s southern and eastern fringes.
The blackout, that made the ongoing lockdown worse, started around 5.40pm. Till 9pm, several houses in Patuli, Garia and Santoshpur were still without power.
The utility said a spark was spotted in an underground cable around 5.30pm. “Thick smoke followed the spark. Firefighters sprang to action and the fire was controlled by 7pm. As a safety protocol, the feed from the entire station was stopped during the operation,” said a senior official of CESC, who was at the spot.
The receiving station near Baghajatin railway station, where the fire occurred, supplies power to “parts of Patuli, Santoshpur and Garia”. There are multiple hospitals in the vicinity.
