Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
A massive fire has erupted in a damaged oil field that had been spewing gas for 14 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district. According to local inputs, the massive flames coming from one of the oil wells at the Baghjan oil field are visible from a distance of over 4 kilometres. The incident has created panic among the local people.
Several fire tenders from Oil India Limited, ONGC, and Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts have rushed to the spot.
The Assam government has deployed a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), district officials, police and paramilitary forces to bring the situation under control. Top officials of Oil India Limited are also on the spot.
A company spokesperson said no casualty or injury has been reported so far. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
CM urges people not panic
In a series of tweets, the Chief Minister’s Office said Sarabananda Sonowal spoke to Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the phone regarding the incident.
“The CM has already directed to deploy fire & emergency services, army and police officials at the site to control the situation. The CM also directed district admin to ensure safety of people and appealed to local people to not panic,” it said.