Indian Army personnel have constructed a bridge near the burning natural gas well in Assam’s Tinsukia, which will help in extinguishing the flames.
The 150 metre long Bailey bridge, constructed over a water body near the gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan which had a blow out on May 27 and caught fire on June 9, will help deliver water needed to control the fire and plug the blowout.
“Construction of the bridge is extremely critical for the task of controlling the fire as it provides the only access to the experts to approach the well. The experts now plan to lay a heavy-duty pipeline over the bridge to create a water umbrella for dousing the fire,” said an army release issued on Tuesday.
