Ahmedabad: Two people have died and eight others injured after a fire broke out at the refinery site of Reliance Industries in Gujarat's Jamnagar.
"The fire broke out due to gas leak in RIL's Moti Khavdi refinery in Jamnagar early this morning," a police official of Meghpar police station told Press Trust of India.
"While the Reliance fire brigade extinguished the fire swiftly, this has resulted in injuries to 8 contract workers, who are being provided necessary medical treatment," the company said in a statement earlier today, and added that all operations of the refinery continue to be normal.
Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has two advanced refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat that can jointly process 1.2 million bpd of crude oil.
Reliance confirmed the there was a "flash fire" in one of its units which was under planned maintenance in the DTA refinery.
"The fire broke out due to gas leak in RIL's Moti Khavdi refinery in Jamnagar early this morning," a police official of Meghpar police station told Press Trust of India.
"While the Reliance fire brigade extinguished the fire swiftly, this has resulted in injuries to 8 contract workers, who are being provided necessary medical treatment," the company said in a statement earlier today, and added that all operations of the refinery continue to be normal.
Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has two advanced refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat that can jointly process 1.2 million bpd of crude oil.
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Reliance confirmed the there was a "flash fire" in one of its units which was under planned maintenance in the DTA refinery.
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