A young electrical engineer of Oil India Limited (OIL) died on Wednesday while working on efforts to douse the fire in a natural gas well at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district, which blew out more than three months ago.
The OIL said the electrical engineer, Arnab Kishore Bordoloi fell down and lost consciousness while working with some equipment at the site. He was declared dead at Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, about 70-km away. It is suspected that Bordoloi died due to electrocution.
This was the third death at Baghjan mishap site since the gas well caught fire on June 9. Two firefighters of OIL died on June 9 itself while trying to control the fire.
