Four killed in fire at private thermal plant

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsFour persons were killed and five injured in a fire accident at Ind-Barath Power Gencom Limited, a private thermal power plant near here on Tuesday.The fire broke out at 11.30 am in the 3X63 MW coal-fired thermal power plant located near Pudur Pandiapuram, Thoothukudi. According to police, the fire broke out at the primary crusher house of the plant.On noticing the fire, plant workers M Shakthi (28) of Ceylon Colony, Ottapidaram, P Malraj (47) of Sorispuram, Thoothukudi, K Lavakumar (22) of Kovilpatti and K Hoogli (19) of Assam tried to douse it, but were charred when they were trapped.G Saravanakumar (33) of Ramanathapuram, G Sudalaimuthu (25) of Bungalow Street, S Nagendran (32) of Tiruchy, X Charles (31) of KVK Nagar, and R Sooriya Narayanan (21) of Tiruchy were injured as they jumped off the floor. They have been admitted at a hospital here.An alleged electrical short circuit in the primary coal crusher house could have ignited the high-calorific value coal, resulting in the fire. first published:August 15, 2012, 07:43 ISTlast updated:August 15, 2012, 07:43 IST
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Four persons were killed and five injured in a fire accident at Ind-Barath Power Gencom Limited, a private thermal power plant near here on Tuesday.

The fire broke out at 11.30 am in the 3X63 MW coal-fired thermal power plant located near Pudur Pandiapuram, Thoothukudi. According to police, the fire broke out at the primary crusher house of the plant.

On noticing the fire, plant workers M Shakthi (28) of Ceylon Colony, Ottapidaram, P Malraj (47) of Sorispuram, Thoothukudi, K Lavakumar (22) of Kovilpatti and K Hoogli (19) of Assam tried to douse it, but were charred when they were trapped.

G Saravanakumar (33) of Ramanathapuram, G Sudalaimuthu (25) of Bungalow Street, S Nagendran (32) of Tiruchy, X Charles (31) of KVK Nagar, and R Sooriya Narayanan (21) of Tiruchy were injured as they jumped off the floor. They have been admitted at a hospital here.

An alleged electrical short circuit in the primary coal crusher house could have ignited the high-calorific value coal, resulting in the fire.