Hyderabad City- Fire at the Srisailam hydroelectric plant in Telangana
The fire reportedly started at 10:30 PM on Thursday. Hyderabad: Rescue officials have retrieved bodies of nine people who were trapped inside a hydroelectric plant in Telangana which had caught fire late last night.
Twenty people were on shift when the fire started around 10.30 PM on Thursday. While 11 people managed to escape, nine others, including a division engineer, four assistant engineers, two junior plant attendants, and two others from Amara Raja Batteries were trapped inside.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has ordered a CID probe into the accident.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has requested the authorities to stretch out all conceivable assistance to Telangana partners for the salvage activities. Mr. Reddy has additionally dropped his visit to Srisailam which was planned for now in the wake of the mishap.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about the fire and prayed for the early recovery of those injured: “Fire at the Srisailam hydroelectric plant is deeply unfortunate. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those injured recovers at the earliest.”
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire at the Srisailam hydroelectric plant in Telangana.
Union Home Minister tweeted- Deeply anguished to learn about the loss of lives due to a tragic fire accident at the Srisailam hydroelectric plant in Telangana. My deepest condolences are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest.
Rajnath Singh tweeted – Pained by the tragic fire at Srisailam Hydroelectric Plant in Telangana. In this hour of sadness, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. Praying for the speedy recovery of the injured.
“As soon as the fire started, they tried to trip the units but that couldn’t happen. So we isolated the 400 KV input and all units were tripped,” Telangana Transco CMD D. Prabhakar Rao said.
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According to initial reports, a short circuit at the underground hydroelectric power station situated at Srisailam dam’s left bank is suspected to have led to the fire.
“The project unit operates at multiple levels. Those in the control room are said to have managed to come out. Others at lower levels couldn’t come out because of the smoke. The current being switched off also hampered rescue and escape efforts,” said one official.
