<p class="title">A conveyor belt carrying coal to the first unit of Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) at Chikkasugur in the district gutted in a fire accident late on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fire mishaps are common in conveyor belts at thermal plants during summer. The personnel would act swiftly extinguish fire whenever they spot one.<br />But this time, it is said, the staff failed to take a timely action as the blaze reduced the belt worth lakhs of rupees to ashes in a jiffy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The YTPS management made sure there was no interruption to power generation by arranging an alternative conveyor belt.</p>
<p class="title">A conveyor belt carrying coal to the first unit of Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) at Chikkasugur in the district gutted in a fire accident late on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fire mishaps are common in conveyor belts at thermal plants during summer. The personnel would act swiftly extinguish fire whenever they spot one.<br />But this time, it is said, the staff failed to take a timely action as the blaze reduced the belt worth lakhs of rupees to ashes in a jiffy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The YTPS management made sure there was no interruption to power generation by arranging an alternative conveyor belt.</p>