A fire and possible explosion at the Callide coal-fired power station has caused at least 400,000 homes to lose power across the Australian state of Queensland, with reports of outages from as far south as New South Wales and up to Cairns.
Queensland state-owned CS Energy confirmed the incident, writing on Twitter that as a result of the fire three units that were generating at the time went offline. “We immediately evacuated the power station and called emergency services to attend site. At this stage, there are no reported injuries.”
