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Four persons suffered serious burn injuries at a minor fire at Haldia refinery of IndianOil this afternoon, according to sources.
The injured were reportedly working for a contractor, engaged by the oil major, for maintenance of a product tank within the refinery premises at Haldia, a little over 100 km away from Kolkata.
While confirmations are not available from IndianOil, company insiders say that the injured persons were shifted to a private hospital in Kolkata.
According to sources, the fire broke out at around 1.20 p.m. at a pipeline carrying diesel to tank no 706, injuring labourers engaged in maintenance work at the adjacent tank No 705. The fire was brought under control by 1.45 p.m.
When contacted executive director (Haldia refinery) S. Ganguli said he had no knowledge of any such incident. “I am in Kolkata. I am not aware of any such incident,” Ganguli told Business Line .
Other senior officials also could not confirm the news.
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