Bhubaneswar, Aug 18:As many as six people lost their lives to lightning strike in Odisha on Sunday.
SRC sources said, the six deaths were reported from Kendrapara, Balasore, Jajpur, Subarnapur, and Bhadrak.
While two persons died in Basudebpur and Gara villages under Pattamundi in Kendrapara district, another villager died in Soor Wada village in Balasore and four others were injured.
A farmer died in Dharam Chaya Bhabanipur in Jajpur district, and another farmer died in Thileimal in the Binika area in the Subarnapur district. The sixth death was reported from Bhandaripokhri Nerda village in Bhadrak district.
Worth mentioning, as many as 10 people were killed in the state on Saturday due to lightning strike.