India’s NTPC shuts 500-MW coal-fired unit after explosion, 29 killed

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India’s largest electricity generator, NTPC Thursday said ithas shut a 500-MW unit at its 1,550-MW Feroze Gandhi Unchaharthermal power station at Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, after an explosionWednesday evening killed 29 people and injured 85.The explosion was caused by a leak in Unit 6 from which hot fluegases and steam escaped, the company said in a statement.