Dibrugarh (Assam), November 6: Oil India Limited (OIL) has confirmed that one worker died and six others were injured in Friday's fire at its Intermediate Tank Farm (ITF) in Tengakhat, in Assam's Dibrugarh district, PTI reported. The deceased has been identified as Raju Dutta — the worker who had been reported missing after the blast in the first reports.

Source: PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine

In its statement, Oil India said the fire at the Intermediate Tank Farm in Tengakhat erupted at around 9.05 a.m. during maintenance work. 'One person died, while six others sustained burn injuries and have been taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, and OIL Hospital,' the company said, expressing its condolences to the bereaved family. Dutta and the six injured were all employees of Spectron Engineers Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company engaged by OIL.

Source: PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine

From 'one missing' to a confirmed death

In the first reports, the contractor's area manager Kamal Phukan told ANI that five workers were in Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), one was in the Oil India hospital and one worker had not yet been found, and that he had no information about any death. Eastern Lens had named the missing worker as Raju Dutta and reported one person killed, while saying the identity of the deceased was yet to be confirmed. Oil India's later statement, carried by PTI and updated at 1.31 p.m. on Friday, confirms both the death and Dutta's identity. Dainik Asam, Assam's Assamese daily, also reported one dead in the fire at the ITF in Tengakhat.

Source: ANI via DevDiscourse

The five injured workers admitted to AMCH were named in the earlier reports as Tapas Gogoi (40), a resident of Milan Nagar in Dibrugarh; Shailen Gogoi (45); Kumud Gogoi (38); Golap Dutta (58); and Indra Gogoi (40) — the last four residents of Tengakhat. Oil India now puts the total number of injured at six, which matches the earlier count of five workers at AMCH plus one at the OIL Hospital.

Source: Eastern Lens

Fire brought under control

Oil India said its fire service personnel were immediately mobilised and the blaze has been brought under control. At the time Eastern Lens filed its first report, the blaze had not yet been brought under control; Oil India's statement is the later position.

Preliminary reports had suggested the explosion took place in the crude oil storage section of the Oil Collecting Station inside the ITF premises while a valve was being operated during technical work; the exact cause has not yet been officially established. What happens next is the treatment of the six injured workers and an inquiry into what caused the fire.