A major fire in the Srisailam hydroelectric plant located on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border left nine people dead, most of them engineers, and three seriously injured, with thick smoke hampering rescue operations for over 12 hours,officials said on Friday. A woman was among the dead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the incident. President Ram Nath Kovind said he was pained by the loss of lives.
Telangana Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy said the fire broke out late on Thursday night when 17 people were inside the plant, run by the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (genco).
