India, July 29 -- A Fire Services personnel lost his life after being electrocuted while pumping out rainwater from a flooded house in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Wednesday.Geographic Reference

Keonjhar witnessed two days of continuous rainfall that disrupted normal life, with roads, residential areas and public spaces submerged under water. To drain out the excess water, the Keonjhar Municipality and the Fire Services had deployed 10 teams across the town from Tuesday.

Advertisement On Wednesday morning, two Fire Service teams were assigned to remove water from the Police Club near the Government Girls' High School under Town Police Station limits and nearby residential houses. While one team was engaged at the Police Club, another t...