NALCO fire mishap: One more dies; toll rises to 2

Bhubaneswar: Another person injured in a fire mishap at National Aluminium Company (NALCO) Angul unit in July succumbed while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack today.

The deceased has been identified as Rajanikant Parida, a resident of Kangula Bentapur village in Angul district. With this, total number of casualty in the NALCO fire mishap rose to two.

Earlier on August 1, Mithun Nath, who was a contractual worker at the PSU and a resident of Patanasahi village, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in New Delhi.

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Worth mentioning, a flashover in high-voltage panel board of Smelter Casthouse-B had triggered a fire in the plant on July 23.  Four persons, including two students and a woman, had suffered burn injuries and were admitted to a private hospital in Cuttack. Later, Mithun was shifted to a hospital in New Delhi after his condition deteriorated.