BEIJING
Smoke billowed high above a Beijing power plant Friday, as firefighters scrambled to extinguish a blaze at China’s biggest coal-fired station.
State news agency Xinhua reported that 20 teams of firefighters, 91 fire engines and scores of police arrived at the scene shortly after the blaze broke out just before 3 p.m. (0500GMT).
The flames took around an hour to extinguish.
China Huaneng Group, the country’s top power producer, confirmed to the agency that one of the plant's four generators had caught fire.
The remaining three were shut down as a safety precaution, it added.
Photos posted to social media showed thick black smoke billowing above the plant.
The blaze took place near to annual parliamentary meetings.
