5 Workers, 2 Firemen Killed In Blaze At ONGC Plant In Mumbai
Mumbai: Seven people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at Uran near Mumbai this morning, sources said.
Two more were injured, officials said. The police have sealed a 1-km area around the plant. Firefighters brought the situation under control after two hours. Five ONGC workers and two firefighters died in the industrial accident, sources said.
ONGC in a tweet said the fire broke out in a stormwater drain of the oil and gas processing plant at Uran, 45 km from Mumbai. Oil processing is not affected, the company tweeted, adding gas has been diverted to a plant at Hazira in Gujarat, 330 km away.
Fire broke out in storm water drainage in Uran Plant early morning successfully doused within two hours by fire fighting team. #ONGC ’s robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off this major fire in a very short time. @PetroleumMin @PTI_News @pallab_ongc @ANI @CMD_ONGC
— ONGC (@ONGC_) September 3, 2019
In visuals, the intense fire is seen rising high amid oil and gas pipes at the Uran plant as firefighters assess the situation.
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