Assam gas leak and fire: Two firefighters dead, many houses damaged
A day after a blowout from a gas well in Assam’s Tinsukia district caught fire, bodies of Oil India Limited (OIL) firefighters Durlov Gogoi (35) and Tikheswar Gohain (55) were recovered from a pond near the well site, authorities said.
The fire had by then been contained. “Peripheral fire has been contained but fire at the well remains,” said OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika. “Currently, fire tenders are spraying water to contain the fire from spreading in surrounding areas,” said an OIL statement Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had directed Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary to reach Tinsukia to assess the situation.
