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Massive fire breaks out at ONGC plant in Gujarat’s Surat, no casualty reported
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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A huge fire broke out at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Hazira plant in Gujarat’s Surat this morning. The fire broke out between 3 and 3.15 am. No casualty has been reported so far. Officials say the fire, which was visible from a distance, broke out after multiple blasts at the plant. The cause, however, …
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A huge fire broke out at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Hazira plant in Gujarat’s Surat this morning. The fire broke out between 3 and 3.15 am. No casualty has been reported so far.
Officials say the fire, which was visible from a distance, broke out after multiple blasts at the plant. The cause, however, is still unknown.
#WATCH Gujarat: A fire breaks out at an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant in Surat. Fire tenders present at the spot. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/6xPKHW5PrR
— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2020
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The company said that the fire has been brought under control. The blaze, which was preceded by three blasts, has been extinguished, the official said, adding no one was hurt.
“The fire broke out in the inlet gas terminal after three massive blasts at 3.05 am. The compressed gas was depressurised to bring the fire under control,” Surat District Collector Dhaval Patel said. Fire vehicles of the ONGC, Surat Municipal Corporation and local industrial units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control, he said.
The inlet gas terminal where the fire broke out was cordoned off and the plant secured, he said, adding the cause of the fire will be ascertained after cooling operations are completed. No other industry in the area was affected, he said.
There was no confirmation from the district administration of reports that the fire was apparently caused by a rupture in the 36-inch Uran-Mumbai gas pipeline.
The ONGC in a tweet said, “A fire was observed in the Hazira Gas processing plant in the morning today. Fire has been brought under control. There is no casualty or injury to any person.” “Fire has been completely extinguished. Efforts are being made to resume normal operations at the earliest,” it
said in another tweet.
With inputs from PTI
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