In the Neryungri district introduced high alert after the fire

In the Neryungri district of Yakutia, a high-alert regime was introduced after the fire at the Neryungri GRES, the head of the district Maxim Tereshchenko said.

The most difficult situation was in the village of Silver Bor, where overnight the temperature of the coolant decreased by one degree. Rehabilitation work is under way to start fuel oil boilers. In Neryungri, a hot water boiler room is being prepared for launch and fuel oil is being heated for ignition.

The head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev said that the situation at the Neryungrinskaya GRES remains difficult. He instructed to consider the introduction of an emergency in Neryungri and Serebryany Bor.

“All necessary forces and means are deployed in the area. It is important to restore the stable operation of the station as soon as possible, including according to a temporary scheme, Nikolaev wrote.

The republican minister for civil society and ensuring the safety of the population Dmitry Lepchikov left for the place.

On the morning of September 22, a transformer substation at Unit 1 and turbines in the engine room caught fire at the Neryungrinskaya GRES. An employee of the company was injured.

The fire on the territory of the GRES was quickly eliminated, the administration of the Neryungri district reported. Communications and the Internet have been restored, but disruptions are possible.

Neryungrinskaya GRES is a thermal power plant in the urban-type village of Silver Bor, there are three operating power units with a total electric capacity of 570 MW.