Special Correspondent
A fire broke out at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project under construction in Ishwardi, Pabna, on Monday (September 7, 2026) at around 3 am. The fire started in the server room of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)’s Pioneer Base, and within a short time, the fire and smoke spread to several surrounding rooms. After receiving the information, four units of the Ishwardi Fire Service reached the spot and brought the fire under control after a long effort.
What damage has been done?
Several important parts and documents of the office building were burnt in the fire. Various computers, ACs, electrical equipment and internet server parts of Bayek’s office were burnt in the fire, and several rooms including the server room were damaged, where important documents were also burnt. However, the relief is that although some government documents were damaged, the authorities said that the matter is not considered serious as backup copies of each file have been preserved. A fire service official who visited the scene said that it was not possible to immediately assess the full extent of the damage.
Notably, there is no report indicating that the fire affected the project’s main reactor building or any nuclear safety-related facilities—the fire is reported to have been confined to the administrative/office building and server room.
Cause of fire
According to the initial assumption of the investigators, it was an electrical fault accident. Pabna Fire Service Deputy Assistant Director Md. Sadequl Bari said that initially it is believed that the fire started from an electrical short circuit, but the actual cause of the fire and the extent of the damage will be known after a full investigation. In addition, an investigation is underway to determine whether the incident is related to sabotage – sources said that the fire incident at Pioneer Base late at night is being investigated to determine whether it is related to any kind of sabotage or sabotage.
Reasons why it takes a long time to extinguish
The fire service had to fight for a long time to bring the fire under control. Rooppur Green City Modern Fire Service Station Master Md. Shahidul Islam said that they quickly went to the spot after receiving the news of the fire inside the project. According to a report by Mirror Times BD, the concerned officials immediately rushed to the spot after receiving the news of the fire late at night and four units of Ishwardi Fire Service tried their best to bring the fire under control.
Possible reasons behind the delay include the fact that the fire broke out in the server room late at night and quickly spread to multiple surrounding rooms, that controlling a fire in electrical and electronic equipment is relatively complex and time-consuming, and that extra precautions must be taken in extinguishing the fire since the project area is a highly sensitive facility.
Fire service officials repeatedly referred to “prolonged efforts” and “rescue efforts,” which attest to the scale of the fire.
Impact so far
The impact of the incident is still there, almost two days after the incident. As a result, the internal internet service of the power plant has been disrupted for the past two days. Even after almost 40 hours of the incident, the normal operations of the project have not fully resumed until Tuesday evening after the fire broke out late on Monday. Reports at home and abroad are saying that the normal operations of the project are being disrupted due to the prolonged internet and power outages and the damage to the server room, and project stakeholders have expressed deep concern over the fear of loss of important information and documents.
In Motadag, on the night of September 7, a fire probably started in the administrative building/server room of the Rooppur project, due to an electrical fault, which quickly spread to the surrounding rooms and burned computers, ACs, electrical equipment and some documents – but there was no major data disaster due to backups. The reactor or the main nuclear safety installation is not known to have been affected. The possibility of sabotage is also being investigated, but the final investigation report has not been released yet.
This is an ongoing incident – more specific information about the exact cause of the fire and the actual extent of the damage will be known once the investigation report is released.
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