One killed, 35 hurt in HPCL refinery inferno in Vizag
25 Aug 2013 5:01 AM IST
One person was killed and 35 others injured when a fire broke out at state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd's (HPCL) Vizag refinery.
The fire, which broke out between 4 and 4.30 pm, has been brought under control, HPCL chairman and managing director Subir Roy Choudhury told PTI from Mumbai.
‘We don’t know the cause of the fire yet,’ he said.
Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner B Shivadhar Reddy said 35 persons were injured in the fire that broke out at a newly built wooden cooling tower.
The tower was part of the diesel hydro desulphurisation unit (DHDS) being built at the refinery.
‘All other units of the refinery are safe. But as a precautionary measure, we will have to shut down some units,’ HPCL director (Refineries) BK Namdeo said.
The fire, which broke out between 4 and 4.30 pm, has been brought under control, HPCL chairman and managing director Subir Roy Choudhury told PTI from Mumbai.
‘We don’t know the cause of the fire yet,’ he said.
Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner B Shivadhar Reddy said 35 persons were injured in the fire that broke out at a newly built wooden cooling tower.
The tower was part of the diesel hydro desulphurisation unit (DHDS) being built at the refinery.
‘All other units of the refinery are safe. But as a precautionary measure, we will have to shut down some units,’ HPCL director (Refineries) BK Namdeo said.
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