Baghjan: 3 foreign experts hurt at blowout site
Three of the six foreign experts involved in the operations to cap the May 27 gas well blowout at Baghjan in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district “suffered minor burn injuries” at the site on Wednesday afternoon, bringing operations to a halt for the day.
On June 9, when the well caught fire, two Oil India Limited (OIL) fire-fighters, Durlov Gogoi and Tikheswar Gohain, had died.
The bodies of the fire-fighters were recovered the next day from a pond.
The fire had also forced local residents to flee their homes and stay in relief camps set up by Oil India.
Nearly 8,500 people are still living in the eight camps.
