Fire hits coal-fired power plant in Bataan | Inquirer News

Fire hits coal-fired power plant in Bataan

/ 02:12 PM December 18, 2023

Fire hits coal-fired power plant in Bataan

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MARIVELES, Bataan — A fire broke out early Sunday, Dec. 17, at the coal-fired power plant in Barangay Alas-asin in this town, authorities said.

In a statement, Arcel Madrid, assistant vice president for community relations at GNPower Mariveles Energy Center Ltd. Co., said the plant’s units 1 and 2 had been shut down since Sunday after the suspension of coaling of bunkers caused by “spontaneous combustion that occurred at the crusher house.”

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So far, the power situation in Bataan has remained normal.

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Madrid said this was the first time that a fire broke out at the power plant.

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No other details were provided by the plant management, except that the fire was put out by the local Bureau of Fire Protection and firefighters from nearby towns. INQ

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