Firefighters are investigating the cause of a major blaze at Didcot B power station in Oxfordshire.
At its height, 25 fire engines and about 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at the gas-fired station, which broke out at about 20:00 BST on Sunday.
The station was partially shut down, but Energy Secretary Ed Davey said National Grid had assured him that there was no risk to energy supplies.
The fire was later extinguished and there were no injuries.
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Eyewitness: "It was pretty dramatic, there was a lot of damage"
Dave Bray, the fire service's incident commander, said: "We have extinguished the fire, although there are hot spots that are remaining within the structure.
"It is now the challenge of getting to these and dampening them down."
He said an automatic alarm system alerted the fire service, but the first call was actually from a member of the public at Great Western Park in Didcot.
Mr Davey said: "My priority is to understand the cause of the fire and get the affected unit back, generating electricity as soon as it's safe to do so."
The fire service said the blaze was not being treated as arson or a terrorist incident.
Analysis: John Moylan, Industry CorrespondentDidcot B has two "modules" which together provide around 1.3GW of electricity to the grid. The npower website says that the plant provides enough power for a million homes.
The company says both modules were generating on Sunday night. The fire was in a cooling tower linked to one of the modules, and it was decided to shut down that module. It was considered safe to keep the other running.
So if there is a long-term impact from the fire it may be that around half the capacity from the plant is hit, but possibly not all of it.
That is to be confirmed, however. The company will know more when it assesses the damage.
National Grid said there was no operational impact from the fire. Demand for electricity is low on a Sunday night.
The power station has been in operation since 1997 and can supply power to up to one million homes, according to operators RWE npower.
Company spokesman Dan Meredith said: "There will be no disruptions to electricity.
"We have a very resilient network in the UK and the way the National Grid can operate, they are able to call upon other power stations across the country to fill the gap that this power station has left as it's come off."
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