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At least five killed in transformer blast
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.
As of Friday at least five of the injured persons had succumbed to their wombs. The deceased, identified as Shujaat, 33, Tabish, 35, Waqas, 33, Noman, 28, Sajjad Qureshi, 45, were shifted to Hyderabad in the afternoon and their funeral prayers, attended by thousands of people, were offered at the Akbari ground.
Frequent faults Faults in the PMTs of HESCO are commonplace mainly, as claimed by the company, due to overloading - the linking of a higher number of power supply connections than the PMTs capacity.
In a similar blast in a PMT on June 18 near Islamabad chowk area in Hyderabad, three persons lost their lives. The company claimed to have conducted an inquiry of the June 18 incident but neither HESCO CEO Rehan Hameed nor the company's spokesperson, Sadiq Kubar, responded when asked about the findings of that inquiry.
Inquiry opened
Meanwhile, an FIR was lodged at the A-Section Police Station nominating five HESCO employees of HESCO, who were also injured in the incident on Thursday.
The case was lodged under Sections 322 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The nominated persons include Suhail Rizvi, Ismail, Ibrahim, Faisal and Saleem.
Moreover, Hyderabad SSP Abdul Salam Shaikh has constituted an inquiry committee, headed by Headquarters SP, to probe the matter.
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