Mumbai: Five workers and two fire service personnel were killed in a massive fire that broke out at an oil and gas processing plant of state-run ONGC near Mumbai on Tuesday morning. Two more persons were injured.
ONGC tweeted that the fire broke out in a storm water drain of the plant at Uran, 45 km from Mumbai. Oil processing is not affected, the company said, adding that gas has been diverted to a plant at Hazira in Gujarat, 330 km away.
In visuals, the intense fire is seen rising high amid oil and gas pipes at the plant as fire fighters assess the situation, NDTV reported.
Police sealed a 1-km area around the plant. Fire fighters brought the situation under control after two hours.
