Minister orders a full report on fire at Sri Lanka power plant

Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka has ordered an immediate report on the sudden fire broke out this morning at the Norochcholai coal Power Plant in Northwestern Province.

Minister Ranawaka has called for an immediate report on how the fire erupted and any damage caused.
According to Ceylon Electricity Board officials the fire erupted due to the clogging of a chimney that emits waste from the combustion of coal.
A fire brigade team form the nearby Kalpitiya Naval Base had assisted the local teams to douse the fire, media reports said. Officials say there were no personal injuries.
The Ministry said that construction work at the Thermal Power Plant was not interrupted.
The power plant is expected to be operational from the last week of November.
The first phase of the Norochcholai coal power plant is to inject 300 MW to the main grid by 2011 while the second phase is scheduled to be completed by 2013 and is expected to inject 600 MW to the national grid.