<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A fire broke out at the Taketoyo thermal power station in Aichi prefecture in central Japan today, its owner Jera said, adding that operations at the facility were suspended.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Taketoyo has a power generation capacity of 1,070 MW, making it among the largest in Japan. Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T and Chubu Electric Power 9502.T, is Japan’s largest utility power company.</div><div><br></div><div>In a statement today, Jera said that at around 3.14pm local time, smoke was detected and fire was discovered on the belt conveyor transporting fuel at the plant.</div><div><br></div><div>Operations at the facility were suspended shortly after, Jera said, adding that there were no injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>The plant is located about 40km south of Nagoya, the biggest city in central Japan. Chubu Electric Power was experiencing no power outage in its operational area, its website showed. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>