Seven workers were today injured when a major fire broke out in a private power plant in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said. The incident took place this afternoon at SV Power Plant in Reki village under Hardibazar police outpost limits, Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Tarkeshwar Patel said. The victims were having lunch in a room when fire erupted in turbine house section of the plant. Those who were inside the room inhaled smoke and started having breathing problems, he said, adding, "nobody sustained burn injuries in the blaze." At least seven workers, some of them women, who had fallen ill after inhaling smoke were admitted at a local hospital in Gevra where they have been kept under observation, the ASP said.

Source: dna May 28, 2017 13:52 UTC