A fire broke out at NTPC's North Karanpura superthermal power plant in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday. The fire was spotted around 2 pm at the BHEL material yard of unit 3. No casualties have been reported.
Ranchi, Apr 19 (PTI) A massive fire broke out at NTPC's North Karanpura superthermal power plant in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday, officials said.
The fire was first spotted around 2 pm, they said.
"The fire broke out at the BHEL material yard of unit 3 in the power plant. So far no casualty has been reported," a senior BHEL official told PTI.
Efforts are underway to douse the blaze, he said.
The installation is a 660X3 mw coal-based power plant.
NTPC is the country's largest power generation company.
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