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7 die in power transformer explosion in Hyderabad
By News Desk
HYDERABAD: An electricity transformer explosion in Hyderabad claimed seven lives and left 18 others injured on Friday.
Mobile phone footage of the incident showed loud and bright sparking of the Pole-Mounted Transformer (PMT) before it blew up. The explosion also reportedly damaged three auto rickshaws and a motorcycle nearby.
The police said due to the explosion, hot oil spilled from the PMT, which fell on people near the pole, including technicians of the Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company (Hesco).
The injured were taken to a local university hospital’s burns unit, from where those in critical condition were referred to Karachi. Two of the injured people were Hesco linemen.
Five dead, 15 injured as Pole Mounted Transformer explodes in Hyderabad
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Police sources said that five of the injured were in critical condition.
HYDERABAD (Dunya News) – At least 15 persons, including two linemen of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO), sustained burn wounds while five others lost their lives when a Pole Mounted Transformer (PMT) exploded in Latifabad Unit 8 area, Dunya News reported.
In a statement the HESCOs spokesman cited overloading of the power connections on that 200 KV transformer as the reason for the blast. The HESCO staff was present there. As soon as the jumpers were attached and load was given on the PMT a sudden flash occurred and it caught fire and began to spill hot oil, he said.