Hwange Power Station Unit 1 on Wednesday caught fire disrupting power generation leading to an unscheduled loadshedding.
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) in a statement has confirmed that a diesel leak sparked the fire outbreak.
“There were no casualties arising from the fire”, read the statement.
According to ZESA Holdings Executive Chairman Dr. Sydney Gata, the fire broke out in the Unit 1 boiler as a result of a leak in the diesel supply line and lasted for about forty minutes.
“Although we lost 140MW leading to load shedding between 1730hrs and 2030hrs due to suspension of load on units 2 and 5, we are in the process of firing the two units to restore power supply to the national grid”.
