State-owned electricity generator CS Energy said none of the 226 workers at the complex were hurt in the blaze, which broke out at the Callide C power station near Biloela.
A major Queensland coal power station connected to the national grid will have two of its four generators offline at once for three weeks after a fire at the facility.
Satellite image of Callide power station with four units from Callide B and C in the one turbine hall.It came 16 months after an explosion in a turbine hall knocked out the C4 generation unit back in May 2021.CS Energy, which operates the Callide C plant as a joint venture with InterGen, said the damage and repairs were still being assessed.
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