Friday, October 7, 2011

Fire accident burn Star Times equipments

The Star Tumes generator and others equipment
burned by fire accident in Dar es Salaam
this afternoon (Photo by Elisha Magolanga)

By Elisha Magolanga
The fire accident has occurred yesterday in Dare s Salaam at the Star Times Company office after blasting of TANESCO electricity transformer and burn generator and others equipment which the total cost still unknown.
The incidence happened two times now as the day before yesterday another transformer was blasted and burn one of TANESCO technician.
Speaking to this paper the Deputy Executive Supplying Director for TANESCO Eng. Felchesim Mramba said that in Tuesday another transformer was exploded at the same place and they decided to change another one which also has busted out two ours after fixing completed.
“The real technical source of the problem is not known and we will make the technicians team to find out the problem and we will inform the mass, may be the Star Times equipments system is wrong hence the incidence happen twice” said Eng. Mramba.
On the other side, the Chief Executive Officer of Star times, William Lan said that the fire accident has caused by TANESCO since it happen two times now and promised to solve the problem immediately as possible.
“The problem is not Star Times but electricity power supply because two hours after fixing a new transformer it blasted again” added Lan.
He added that the check up will first made to know what exactly source of the problem and which equipments has damaged for making process of solving the problem.
The company has apologized to the customers and promise to take immediate efforts to solve the problem as well as to request changing of transformer the position since the generator being nears the transformer is very dangerous.
During exclusive interview with The Guardian, the Police Commander of Kinondoni district Charles Kanyela has justified the presence of accident where by the he mentioned TANESCO transformer as the source of fire 
“The fire has controlled off by the Knight Support fire army in assistance to TANESCO. No people damaged in this incidence but the total cost is not known and the investigation will proceed to prove the source of the problem” said Kanyela

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