Fire in HPCL’s LPG plant, three injured
UNNAO(UP): A fire broke out in an LPG plant of Hindustan PetroleumNSE -0.80 % Corporation Limited here on Thursday, leaving three persons injured, officials said.
Unnao District Magistrate Devendra Kumar Pandey and police superintendent MP Verma rushed to the spot along with senior officials and asked people in a radius of 1.5 km to vacate their houses and shift to safer places.
Pandey said the fire was noticed at around 10.30 am.
He said fire tenders rushed from nearby police station areas and they took two hours to douse the flames. SDRF teams were also requisitioned.
The injured – Subhash Chandra (52), Mohd Gufran (28) and Asif (22) – were rushed to the district hospital here, Chief Medical Superintendent Mewa Lal said.
