Huge fire breaks out at power station in Riyadh, electricity cut off

A huge fire broke out at a power plant in Riyadh on Monday sending a ball of flames leaping 10 meters into the air. 

The blast broke out inside a transformer at the plant in the city's Al-Nafil district. Firefighters were doing combating to bring the blast under control.

Saudi Electricity Company(SEC) said nobody had been harmed yet that power supplies to some nearby areas had been shut off.

Company Said, “Due to the need to extinguish the fire and to maintain safety, the station has been isolated and there has been a temporary partial shutdown in some neighboring areas until the fire has been extinguished, after which we will begin to gradually restore,” the company said.

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