Efforts are on to rescue nine employees trapped inside after a fire broke out at TS Genco’s underground hydroelectric power station at Srisailam left bank canal in Telangana on Friday.
Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and experts from Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) joined the rescue operations.
The fire, which broke out late on Thursday, was brought under control by the firefighters but thick smoke was hampering rescue operations.
A short circuit is believed to have caused the fire at unit one of the under-tunnel power house. Of the 30 persons reported to be present at the spot during the accident, 21 escaped through a tunnel.
