Seven injured in blast at BPCL oil depot near Bhopal, says official
Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a blast that occurred when petrol was being filled in the container of a tanker at a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) depot on the outskirts of Bhopal, an official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday evening at the oil depot located in Bakania area, Khajuri police station in-charge Sandhya Mishra said.
The “unexpected fire” was being investigated, BPCL said in a statement later.
“Seven persons were injured in the blast. While six of them are either drivers or helpers of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) who were there to get fuel filled in their tankers, one is an employee of BPCL,” she said.
