Assam: Death toll in Oil India facility explosion rises to two, engineer dies

The death toll in an explosion at an Oil India Limited OIL facility in Assams Dibrugarh district rose to two after an engineer succumbed to his burn injuries at a private hospital on Saturday officials said PTI reportedA fire broke out on Friday during maintenance work at OILs Intermediate Tank Farm in Tengakhat following an explosion according to a statement issued by the public sector undertaking PSUAn Intermediate Tank Farm is a facility where petroleum products are temporarily stored in tanks before being transferred for further processing or transportationEngineer succumbs to burn injuriesThe deceased Tapas Jyoti Gogoi was employed by Spectron Engineering Private Limited a company engaged by Oil India Limited His death was confirmed by OILs area manager Kamal Phukan on SaturdayGogoi a resident of N Gali in Dibrugarhs Milan Nagar was among the workers who sustained burn injuries in the explosionThe injured workers were initially taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital AMCH in Dibrugarh and were subsequently shifted to a private healthcare facility PTI reportedGogoi who had sustained around 70 per cent burns succumbed to his injuries at around 3 am on Saturday his elder brother said He had been working with the company for the past 13 yearsHe is survived by his parents wife and daughterThree workers remain criticalThree of the injured workers remain in critical condition officials saidAccording to an official statement nine workers were present at the site when the accident occurred on Friday Seven of them sustained injuries and one of the injured workers died on FridayThe worker who died on Friday was identified as Raju DuttaRajasthan Massive explosion at gunpowder manufacturing unit leaves two deadIn a separate incident at least two people were burned to death and two others critically injured in an explosion at a gunpowder manufacturing unit in Rajasthans Nagaur district on Thursday morningThe blast occurred at around 940 am in the Badli area triggering fears that more workers could still be trapped inside the premises The explosion was so powerful that its sound was heard nearly half a kilometre away triggering panic among local residentsPolice and fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations According to preliminary information the warehouse belongs to a person identified as AminThe exact cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertainedTwo young men died on the spot while two others were found critically injured during the rescue operationTheir identities were not establishedA stock of finished firecrackers was also found in one section of the warehouse where the explosion occurred Local residents said gunpowder is manufactured at the facility by mixing potassium nitrateSoon after receiving information about the incident fire brigade teams and Kotwali Police rushed to the spotFirefighters immediately launched efforts to bring the blaze under control while police personnel took charge of relief and rescue operationsAccording to preliminary information a fire broke out among firecrackers and quickly intensified eventually triggering a massive explosionWith PTI inputs