The incident is reported to have taken place late on Thursday. Initial reports indicate that a short circuit led to the fire and thick smoke engulfing the spot
Efforts are on to rescue nine persons trapped in a fire mishap at TS Genco’s hydroelectric power station at Srisailam left bank canal in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana. The incident is reported to have taken place late on Thursday. Initial reports indicate that a short circuit led to the fire and thick smoke engulfing the spot.
Of the 19 persons reported to be present at the spot, 10 persons escaped to safety through a tunnel of which six of them are treated at a nearby hospital. Those trapped include six TS Genco employees and three private company employees. Firefighters were rushed to the spot and trying to rescue the trapped including a deputy engineer and assistant engineers. Officials said thick smoke is hampering rescue operations.
Telangana minister Jagadish Reddy and TS Genco CMD Prabhakar Rao reached the spot and are overseeing rescue efforts. Reddy said that the mishap occurred in the first unit of the power station around 10:30 pm in which four panels were damaged and power supply of the plant was cut off to limit the damage. He said that rescue personnel were unable to enter the tunnel due to thick smoke…Read More
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