On December 21 at 04:39, during scheduled repair and installation work on the belt conveyor section of the Ridder TPP, a loud bang from a dust and air mixture occurred, reports Tengrinews.kz citing the YouTube channel 1720_yk.
As a result, six individuals were injured and hospitalized. Their condition is reported to be stable.
According to the internal policy department of Ridder, the TPP is operating normally. The temperature in homes remains within the acceptable range. Meanwhile, the outdoor air temperature in Ridder is 4 degrees.
Specialists from JSC "Shyghys Zhilu" are inspecting and adjusting the city’s heating supply system, which may lead to "a temporary minor drop in pressure in the network."
The akim of East Kazakhstan region, Ermek Kosherbaev, is present at the scene of the incident.
It is worth noting that this is not the first emergency situation at the Ridder TPP. In the spring of last year, a fire broke out in two boilers at the energy infrastructure facility, and a few days later, structures collapsed due to the shock wave. A regional state of emergency was declared in the city.
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