A fire broke out at Thermoelectric Power Plant No.16 in Moscow, which supplies heat and electricity to 1.5 million households in northwestern Moscow.
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A fire broke out at the Thermoelectric Power Plant No.16 in Moscow, which provides heat and electricity for 1.5 million households in northwestern Moscow.
According to official reports, three gas boilers caught fire, and part of the power plant's roof caved in.
Russian emergency services cut off the supply of gas to the power plant and are waiting for the gas to burn out before they begin to extinguish the fire.
The power plant was also cut off the grid.
It is currently unclear what caused the fire, but Russian officials promised to investigate this.
Mosenergo reported a fire broke out at the CHP-16 thermal power plant in Moscow on Oct. 26
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