Lightning strikes claim 8 lives in 3 districts of Odisha, 8 critically injured

  • | Sunday | 8th August, 2021

There was heavy rain with thunder and lightning in mainly 3 districts of Odisha. The rainwater stopped after raining for 2 hours but the lightning claimed 8 lives. On the other hand, 8 people have been seriously injured in this lightning.

Rain has caused havoc in Odisha. There was heavy rain with thunder and lightning in mainly 3 districts of Odisha. The rainwater stopped after raining for 2 hours but the lightning claimed 8 lives. On the other hand, 8 people have been seriously injured in this lightning.

Due to this lightning, 5 people have died in Baleshwar district, while two people have died in Bhadrak district and one person has died in Mayurbhanj district.

The incident happened when all of them were engaged in paddy cultivation in Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak and Balasore districts. The injured are being treated in the hospital. Meanwhile, in Kasabjaypur village of Balasore district, one person also died after coming in contact with an electric wire in a paddy field. The fields were filled with water due to rain, when the person got electrocuted by an electric wire.

Tension prevailed in the village following the incident, as locals stopped the police from taking the body for post-mortem and demanded adequate compensation to the family of the deceased, officials said.


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