Bhubaneswar petrol pump blast : IOCL announces Rs 8 lakh ex-gratia to families of deceased

Bhubaneswar:  The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Thursday announced an ex- gratia payment of Rs 8 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the major fire broke out at a fuel station near Raj Bhawan here following an explosion on Wednesday.

The IOCL also announced Rs 4 lakh for critically injured and Rs 1 lakh for injured in the incident.

So far, one person and many people injured after an underground CNG storage tank exploded leading to the fire at the fuel station located barely a few hundred metres away from Raj Bhawan in the heart of the State Capital.

Soon after the mishap, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announce that the state government will bear the cost of treatment of the injured and wished them speedy recovery.