The Vanimo Power Station is intact and resume supply of electricity to consumers and the general public in Vanimo and surrounding villages yesterday (31/01/23) afternoon.
PNG Power Chief Executive Officer, Obed Baita denied a report by NBC News on its Facebook page claiming that the Vanimo Power Station caught fire yesterday morning and destroyed all its generators, disrupting power supply in the township.
The news report is misleading and not true.
PNG Power switched-off the power station, following an unfortunate fire that started from the PNG Defence Forward Base, which shares the boundary with the power station and the fire quickly spread out to the power station yard.
With quick action from our team and assistance from Vanimo Forest Products, the fire put off using water carts.
It could have been catastrophic, but the quick action saved the power station and its fuel tanks.
PNG power Vanimo team are awaiting clearance from our Safety Team, before starting up the generators to restore full power supply.
PNG Power Safety Team will investigate the cause of the fire, and recommend appropriate action, to mitigate such, happening in the future.