Small Fire Contained at Farabi Petchem Plant

Small Fire Contained at Farabi Petchem Plant
(Sunday, July 17, 2022) 17:14

TEHRAN (NIPNA) -- A minor fire in the Farabi Petrochemical Plant’s Power Unit was put out without any serious damage to the facility.

According to Farabi Petrochemical Plant, at 11:20 today (Sunday, July 17), a small fire occurred in the electrical building (switch room) of the complex which was extinguished with the efforts of the company's firefighting staff.

After initial investigations, it was determined that the fire was caused by overheating in the capacitor bank of one of the cooling tower unit's pumps, and the operation of re-energizing the transformers and starting the units started at 13:00.

It is worth noting that no damage was done to other parts and the conditions are completely normal.

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