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The decease toll successful the explosion astatine the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) roseate to 9 connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026), aft a critically injured declaration idiosyncratic died of burns portion undergoing attraction astatine MGM Seven Hills Hospital.
The dormant worker, Paidiraju, 50, was a nonmigratory of Gangavaram successful Gajuwaka. He is survived by his woman and 2 sons. Paidiraju was among the six workers earnestly injured successful the blast astatine SMS-1 of the VSP connected Monday (June 8, 2026).
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According to infirmary sources, Paidiraju had suffered much than 90% burns successful the accident. He was archetypal admitted to Visakha Steel General Hospital and aboriginal shifted to MGM Seven Hills Hospital for precocious treatment.
Despite intensive attraction successful the burns ward, helium died connected Wednesday. His assemblage was aboriginal shifted to King George Hospital (KGH) for a post-mortem.
Five injured workers from the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant mishap person been taken to backstage hospitals, the 108 service's territory manager M. Suresh said.
One has 90% burns, 2 person 40% and 1 10%. Five ambulances are connected standby and rescue enactment continues.
His decease near the household grief-stricken. Visakhapatnam South MLA P. Vamsi Krishna Srinivas visited Paidiraju’s location and consoled the family, peculiarly his 2 sons. The MLA assured them that the State authorities would widen each imaginable assistance during this hard time.
Paidiraju’s decease drew wide attraction aft a video helium recorded successful an ambulance, portion being moved from Visakha Steel General Hospital to MGM Seven Hills Hospital, went viral connected societal media. Fearing that helium mightiness not survive, the injured idiosyncratic recorded a connection for his family, contempt being successful terrible symptom and struggling to speak.
In the video, Paidiraju addressed his elder lad and urged him to instrumentality work for the household and look aft his younger brother. He told his children to proceed their education, enactment united, debar disputes and look aft their mother. He ended by affectionately calling his lad “Daddy”, a word fathers successful the portion commonly usage for their sons.
The affectional video has touched thousands crossed societal media platforms, with galore expressing grief implicit his passing and offering condolences to the family.
