Seventeen people including five employees were injured in a blast at Barauni Refinery in Bihar’s Begusarai district on Thursday.
The blast occurred at around 11.45 am and its impact was such that window panes of some houses were damaged badly. The sound of the blast was heard at some places as far as 3 to 4 km away from the refinery.
Local people thought it was an earthquake and ran outside in panic. People shared pictures, videos of the flames and smoke on social media after the incident. Fire tenders, foam tenders and jumbo tankers were pressed into service to douse the blaze.
