Balrampur, July 16: Fifty five school children suffered burn injuries, four of them seriously, when a high tension wire fell on a school in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district.
The incident occurred on Monday, when an 11,000 KV high tension wire fell on the Vishnupur government primary school premises in Utraula.
The injured were rushed to a private hospital and some to the district hospital in Balrampur.
There were around 100 children in the school when the 11,000 KV high tension wire snapped and fell on roof of the school building due to which current ran through the entire building causing the injuries.
Further casualties were averted as the power was immediately cut off from the high tension wire. IANS
