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HYDERABAD: Five people were killed and 13 others injured when a blast took place in a recently repaired pole-mounted transformer (PMT) of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) and it spilled burning oil onto people in Latifabad Unit-8 on Thursday, the second day of Eidul Azha, officials said on Friday.
It is the second such incident in the city in a short span of a month in which Hesco’s PMT spilled burning oil onto people.
The fresh incident took place on Thursday evening near Akbari mosque Latifabad when Hesco staff was attempting to energise the transformer after getting it repaired.
At least five killed in transformer blast
18 others injured in second HESCO-related explosion in two months
HYDERABAD:
Occurring as a successive reminder of the dangerously fragile and hazardous transmission system of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO), a blast in a pole-mounted transformer (PMT) in Hyderabad on Thursday claimed five lives.
Some 18 other persons were injured with fatal burn wounds in the explosion, which was accompanied by the spilling of hot oil from the transformer.
The incident occurred in Latifabad Unit 8 in near Akbari ground.
The injured patients were shifted to the burns ward at Liaquat University Hospital in Hyderabad. However, due to the dearth of facilities, 17 of the injured persons were referred to Karachi.
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.
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