Srinagar, June 13 -- The injured have been identified as Junior Engineer Hitesh and Technician Manzoor Ahmad Dar, a resident of Khanpora Budgam. Both were critically injured during a maintenance operation at the grid station when the transformer exploded. They were initially rushed to District Hospital Budgam, from where they were referred to Srinagar for specialized treatment.

Eyewitnesses reported a loud explosion that was heard across several neighbourhoods, followed by thick plumes of smoke rising from the grid station.

"We were inside the kitchen when suddenly a loud explosion happened. Layers of smoke rose in the air - we could see it from the window," recalled Hameeda Bano, a resident of Karipora Budgam, visibly shaken by the inc...