Karnataka: 15 suffer burns as fire breaks out at KPCL power plant, two serious
Bengaluru: At least 15 people sustained burns, two of them seriously, when a fire broke out due to an oil spill in the power generation unit of the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited at Yelahanka in the city on Friday morning, the KPCL said.
All the 15 people have been hospitalised, the company said in a statement.
"Two employees sustained major injuries in the fire, while the remaining 13 employees suffered minor injuries...there are no fatalities," the KPCL said.
According to the KPCL, the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility for the construction and pilot testing of the project, which is nearing completion.
The project was to be handed over to the corporation for further running and maintenance once the clinical trials were successful, the company said.
While conducting trials on October 2, the fire was caused by an oil spill in the bearing. The fire was extinguished and the situation was brought under control, the KPCL added.
"It was not a blast as has been projected but a fire incident caused by the leakage of fuel in the power plant," a police officer told PTI.
Firefighters inside the plant brought the fire under control, he added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
