Eskom to Investigate Majuba Fire
An investigation into a fire at the Majuba power station in South Africa will get going, just as soon as the facility has cooled down, says Eskom. “We will have to wait for the facility to cool down in order to start a forensic investigation to determine the cause of the fire. Once it is […]
An investigation into a fire at the Majuba power station in South Africa will get going, just as soon as the facility has cooled down, says Eskom.
“We will have to wait for the facility to cool down in order to start a forensic investigation to determine the cause of the fire. Once it is safe, the investigation will commence,” said the power utility.
The fire at the Mpumalanga based coal-fired power station started in the incline conveyer belt system from the rail offloading facility.
The fire began at 15h00 on Wednesday, and fortunately no injuries were sustained.
“The incident does impact on our coal delivery to Majuba Power Station which was primarily done via rail. We will use road delivery to offset the absence of rail transportation for the duration of the recovery of the damaged infrastructure,” said the utility.
However, the power station’s coal stock is healthy at over 50 days of stock.
“We expect that the reclamation from the coal stock and road delivery will be adequate to sustain Majuba burn,” said Eskom.
Earlier this week, the power utility said the probability of load shedding is low this week, despite a constrained and vulnerable system. – SAnews.gov.za
WATCH Fire at Majuba power station, South Africa
Coal conveyor and silo at the Majuba power station of South Africa’s national utility @Eskom_SA on fire. Someone tell me how this is possible. Sabotage? Latest: fire now extinguished pic.twitter.com/6GyA6FZ8HW
— Anton Eberhard (@AntonEberhard) December 18, 2019