Gail Pipeline Fire

A gas pipeline exploded and caught fire in south Delhi this morning during digging work for the Metro. No one has been reported injured.

State gas utility GAIL on Sunday suspended two senior company officials of its Andhra Pradesh office after a fire caused by a possible leakage in an underground gas pipeline killed 19 persons and injured several others.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI yesterday demanded that Union government should constitute a high-level technical expert committee to probe into the gas pipeline fire at Nagaram village in East Godavari district.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people on Friday morning.

At least 15 people were burnt alive on Friday morning after a massive fire at a gas pipeline in Andhra Pradesh operated by state-owned energy company Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in the GAIL pipeline fire in Andhra Pradesh and announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs two lakh from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the next of the kin of those killed.

State-controlled energy firm Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has shut two gas fields in Andhra Pradesh after a pipeline fire killed more than two dozen people, its exploration chief said on Friday.

At least 15 people have been burnt alive after a massive explosion at a gas pipeline operated by state-owned energy company GAIL (India) Ltd.

Gail chairman BC Tripathi said the fire broke out in an 18-inch pipeline near a state-owned refinery complex. "The reasons for the accident are not known yet. We are currently focused on rescue and relief operations," he said.

At least 15 people have been killed and 10 severely burnt in Andhra Pradesh after an explosion at a gas pipeline belonging to the state-owned Gas Authority of India Limited caused a massive fire.

A gas pipeline exploded and caught fire in south Delhi this morning during digging work for the Metro. No one has been reported injured.

State gas utility GAIL on Sunday suspended two senior company officials of its Andhra Pradesh office after a fire caused by a possible leakage in an underground gas pipeline killed 19 persons and injured several others.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI yesterday demanded that Union government should constitute a high-level technical expert committee to probe into the gas pipeline fire at Nagaram village in East Godavari district.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people on Friday morning.

At least 15 people were burnt alive on Friday morning after a massive fire at a gas pipeline in Andhra Pradesh operated by state-owned energy company Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in the GAIL pipeline fire in Andhra Pradesh and announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs two lakh from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the next of the kin of those killed.

State-controlled energy firm Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has shut two gas fields in Andhra Pradesh after a pipeline fire killed more than two dozen people, its exploration chief said on Friday.

At least 15 people have been burnt alive after a massive explosion at a gas pipeline operated by state-owned energy company GAIL (India) Ltd.

Gail chairman BC Tripathi said the fire broke out in an 18-inch pipeline near a state-owned refinery complex. "The reasons for the accident are not known yet. We are currently focused on rescue and relief operations," he said.

At least 15 people have been killed and 10 severely burnt in Andhra Pradesh after an explosion at a gas pipeline belonging to the state-owned Gas Authority of India Limited caused a massive fire.