Blast that killed 2 in Kalol society: Probe finds old oil pipeline beneath collapsed houses
Three days after two persons died in a pipeline blast at a residential society in Kalol of Gandhinagar, investigating agencies have found an old oil pipeline beneath one of the two houses that collapsed in the blast.
The blast occurred on December 22 around 8 am, at the Garden city bungalows residential area in Panchvati area of Kalol taluka, resulting in the collapse of two bungalows. Amit Dave and his wife Peenal Dave, both in their thirties and residents of the society, succumbed to injuries, while three others were injured.
The residential society is near Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) field in Kalol. The houses in the society were being provided cooking gas through Sabarmati Gas Limited, a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), as per officials.
