Minor fire mishap at VSP
Fire broke out at the conveyor belt if Junction House JH-O-18A of Ore & Flux Handling Plant of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited's Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Saturday.
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Visakhapatnam Fire broke out at the conveyor belt if Junction House JH-O-18A of Ore & Flux Handling Plant of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited's Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Saturday.
After noticing the fire at the conveyor CO-37A located adjacent to the road connecting PP road and Sinter Plant, VSP CISF fire brigade arrived immediately.
The fire was extinguished completely within half an hour.
There were no injuries to any personnel working in that area. A small portion of conveyor belt got burnt which has to be replaced.
The repair is under progress and the conveyor CO-37A is likely to come back in operation soon, a RINL official stated.
He described the incident as minor and informed that there was no loss of production as supply to downstream unit continued through alternate route.
