Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy said that it seemed to be a similarity between the unusual explosions at two CEB Grid Sub Stations recently.

Ministry Secretary Suren Batagoda stated that cause of the two explosions still remained a question for the CEB engineers. He said it was suspicious that how two transformers had exploded in the same way even with the security provided to Sub Stations in Biyagama and Kotugoda. Senior engineers have stated that such explosions in transformers have never been reported, he added.

Repairing of the transformer which caught fire today is still undergoing, hence several areas in Negombo is reporting a power outage.