4 dead, 5,000 evacuated after ONGC plant fire

A major fire broke out on Tuesday morning at ONGC’s oil and gas processing complex at Uran near Navi Mumbai. The fire and the resulting explosions led to the death of three security personnel and one company official.

The fire also partially knocked down the processing facility, which has resulted in a shortage of CNG at fuel stations across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

ONGC tweeted early in the morning that there was a fire in the plant’s stormwater drain but it was doused within two hours by the firefighting team.

The PSU’s robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off a major fire in a very short time, it added. Cooling operations are now underway.