Massive fire at Indore powerhouse, entire city's electricity supply affected

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Indore: A massive fire broke out at a transformer in the main powerhouse of Indore's electricity department on Thursday night. The blaze later spread out to the entire power plant. Firefighting operations are currently underway. 

The electricity supply in the entire city has been affected in the city because of the incident.

Indore: Fire broke out at a transformer at main power house of electricity department last night and spread in the entire power house. Fire fighting operations underway. Electricity connections in the city affected. #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/AClfzlIrxD — ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

This comes three days after a fire broke out at Gurunanak Timber market in Indore on Monday night. Two wood godowns and two shops were gutted in the fire which broke out at around 9 pm on Monday.