At least four people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at an oil and gas processing plant of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) at Uran in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday morning.
Firefighters immediately rushed to the spot brought the situation under control after two hours.
Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at a cold storage at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant in Uran, Navi Mumbai. Fire tenders have reached the spot. pic.twitter.com/V2HSCt58nJ
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2019
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.
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“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,” ONGC tweeted.
A fire broke out in storm water drainage early morning 2day in Uran oil & gas processing plant.ONGC fire services & crisis managemnt team immediately pressed in2 action. Fire is being contained. No impact on Oil processing.Gas diverted to Hazira Plant. Situation is being assessed
— ONGC (@ONGC_) September 3, 2019
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
The fire has now been successfully doused by the fire-fighting team.