The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that a fire incident occurred at the Egbin Power Plc at about 6:30 am on August 5, 2025 which affected TCN’s 150MVA power transformer at its Egbin Transmission Substation.
According to the spokesperson of the company, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, “The fire which originated from one of the power station’s service transformer owned by Egbin Power Plc, is directly connected to the 33kV side of one of TCN’s power transformer- a 150MVA 330/132/33kV Inter-Bus Transformer II.”
“Investigations traced the cause of the fire to a faulty 33kV instrument transformer (CT/VT) installed by Egbin Power Plc, which was engulfed by fire.
This ultimately led to the damage to a 150MVA power transformer belonging to TCN, causing oil leakage from the transformer due to a tear in its main tank”, she stated.
“As a result of the incident, there is a temporary reduction in bulk power supply to Ikorodu and Odogunyan 132/33kV transmission substations, which supply IKEDC and IBEDC for some parts of its franchise areas, as well as Sagamu Line 1, Sagamu Line 2, and Maryland Line 2 on the 132kV network within Lagos State.
At the time of the incident, a total load of 47MW was affected. This load was immediately diverted to the second available 150MVA power transformer within the substation, which is now operating under strain. Since then, the capacity deficit has increased and remains high, resulting in load-shedding across all affected areas.
The company appealed to the public to, “Please bear with us as we work diligently to replace the damaged transformer and restore normal power supply as soon as possible.