The metering unit of an electricity transformer, situated just about
10 m from Gate No 3 of ATS Advantage, in Ahinsa Khand 1, Indirapuram,
blew up this evening around 5 pm. Of the five workers carrying out
repairs on it, two were seriously injured and are now undergoing
treatment at Fortis Hospital, Noida.
It was a CT/PT (current transformer/potential transformer)
transformer unit from UPPCL and the explosion occurred while the workers
were trying to repair the meter box installed above it.
The two victims, identified as Pramod Kumar Sharma, a junior meter
tester, and Jagmohan Kumar, a lineman, suffered 40 per cent burns from
the boiling-hot oil that poured out the transformer following the
explosion, and had to be rushed to Shanti Gopal Hospital in Ahinsa Khand
2. However, they were immediately referred to Fortis Hospital, Noida.
"The explosion was caused by the increased load from multiple
electrical appliances being used at the same time, thanks to the heat
these days," said BS Raghav, executive engineer of UPPCL.
The blaze was extinguished by a firefighting unit, which was
thankfully in the vicinity. “A laundry and a barber shop close to
transformer were also burnt -- so was a motorcycle parked nearby,” said
Somdath Sonkar, the the Vaishali fire station officer.
On being contacted, a doctor from Fortis Hospital said, "I cannot
tell you much about the condition of the patients now. Their burns are
being treated here at the emergency ward."
