Assam gas well fire claims two firefighters
The fire that broke out in an Oil India well at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday afternoon has claimed the lives of two firefighters.
The bodies of Oil India firefighters Durlov Gogoi, 35, and Tikheswar Gohain, 55, were brought out on Wednesday by disaster response force personnel from a pond which they had probably jumped into to escape the blaze.
Durlov used to play for the Oil India football team, a big name in state football.
The fire in the gas well has caused extensive damage within a 1.5km radius of the affected site. Two Oil India officials have been suspended.
