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Lightning kills in 6 in Odisha, 3 each in Balasore and Bhadrak districts

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Updated: August 3rd, 2020, 22:36 IST
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Bhubaneswar: At least six people, including two children, were killed and two others injured after being hit by lightning in separate incidents in Balasore and Bhadrak districts Monday, police said. Two children and a farmer died in Balasore district while three others died in neighbouring Bhadrak district, they said.

A 12-year-old girl had gone to tie Rakhi to her cousin brother aged 15 years at Mandagaon village under Khantapada police station limit. The celebrations turned into tragedy when lightning struck and both the children died on the spot. Two others present nearby were injured. They have been admitted to a local hospital, police said.

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In another incident in Balasore district, a 46-year-old farmer of Arabandha village under Nilgiri police station died as lightning struck him while he was spraying pesticides in his paddy field.

In Bhadrak district, a 35-year-old farmer was killed after being hit by lightning when he was working in the field at Mathasahi under Chandbali police station limit, police said. In a similar incident, another farmer, aged around 55 years, died as lightning struck when he was working in the paddy field in Tihidi area. The third incident in Bhadrak district happened when a a 42- year-old man died due to lightning when he had gone to a market in Chandbali for shopping.

 

 

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