At least three workers were killed and more than 44 injured in a “flash fire” in Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) Haldia Refinery in West Bengal on Tuesday afternoon, according to the company. Most of the workers received serious injuries and around 40 workers have been shifted to Kolkata for treatment. Among these workers, many are stated to be critical.
The fire broke out at around 2.50 pm today.
“Haldia Refinery is undertaking shutdown and maintenance of various major units. In the MSQ unit, during shutdown related works, at around 2.50 PM, today an incident occurred. The primary cause seems to be a flash fire leading to burn injuries to 44 persons and 3 persons have unfortunately succumbed to their injuries. The fire has been immediately extinguished and the situation is under control,” the company statement said.
