9 missing as fire breaks out at Telangana power plant
A major fire accident occurred at 10:30 pm on Thursday night in Left Bank Canal Power Plant in Patalaganga Amrabad zone in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana.Several blasts were heard and huge flames engulfed the fourth unit terminal of the power plant.
Nine personnel’s whereabouts are still missing.Altogether 17 employees were at work inside the plant when the fire broke out around 10.30 PM last night.
Telangana Power minister Jagdeesh Reddy, local MLA Guvvala Bal Raj, JENCO CMD Prabhakara Rao and other higher officials reached the power plant to monitor the rescue operations.