How Fuel Thieves Caused Inferno, Collapse Electricity High Tension Towers – TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said the inferno in Lagos that led to the collapse of five high tension towers on Friday was caused by petroleum products pipeline vandals. The inferno erupted from a Vandalise pipeline in Isheri Olofin, off Igando LASU Expressway and it caused massive damage to the 330KV Ikeja West Akangba Transmission Line 1. TCN’s spokesperson, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, who disclosed this in Abuja explained that the Inferno burnt a large portion of the electrical conductor. Mbah further said the TCN would rearrange bulk electricity transmitted on that route to the second 330kv line previously carrying 59 megawatts. She added that the TCN was successfully back feeding the substations affected by the towers’ collapse, while engineers were patrolling the second 330KV transmission line which tripped as a result of the incident. This, she explained, was to ensure it had no fault before it was energised. Once it is energised, supply will be restored to all the substations affected by the incident from the second 330KV transmission line. The load carried by the burnt 330KV line will now be transferred to the second line.