Devastating fire engulfs Numaligarh refinery

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The incident happened at Golaghat and the massive explosion shook the hydrocracker project.

KRC TIMES Assam Bureau

Guwahati: Monday turned out to be a devastating day for Assam—at Jalukbari a massive accident claimed the lives of 7 students of Assam Engineering College (AEC) and at Numaligarh a massive fire broke out leaving everybody in a state of shock.

According to sources, the incident happened at Golaghat and the massive explosion shook the hydrocracker project. However, sources said that the officials are still looking for the reasons behind this incident. As of now the officials have not come out with any concrete reply regarding this incident.

Fire tenders rushed to the spot and the process is on to bring the flames under control. A person at the site of the fire at Numaligarh Refinery said, “We heard a sudden explosion. Then we saw smokes and the sky turned yellow. As we lived nearby, we rushed to the scene. We saw flames erupting from within and later found out that a fire had broken out at the Hydrocracker unit.”

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