Jaipur Indian Oil Depot Fire Tragedy :: 3 :: 12 Hrs After :: 301009

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"Over 65 hours, fire still blazing at Jaipur IOC site" :: Jaipur: Two more bodies were spotted at the burning IOC fuel depot in Jaipur on Sunday, pushing the toll to 10, even as the fire died out in six of the 11 storage tanks but spread to the roof of a nearby private building.

The unidentified charred bodies were sighted in the wee hours near one of the blazing tanks, but it was not possible to reach there because of the heat, Inspector General of Police BL Soni said.

The fire spread to the roof of the building which houses a private electronic and instrument company called Genus Overseas Ltd, 200 metres from the IOC complex wall, at about 0700 hours, chief fire officer Ishwar Lal Jat said. Firemen present there could extinguish the flames within two hours, he said........

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Jaipur: A massive fire at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot near Jaipur has been raging on for almost 12 hours now. Five people have died and over 150 have been injured. Officials say the death toll could rise.

The explosion took place on Thursday at 7:30 pm at IOC petrol depot in Sitapura area on the outskirts of Jaipur city when petrol was being transported to a pipeline and the fire soon engulfed the entire depot, spreading over 5 kilometres.

A rescuer and eyewitness Shankar Singh said, "One of the oil tanks caught fire and then it spread rapidly. There were huge flames as high as 70 feet and the whole area of nearly 2-3 kilometres was engulfed in fire and flames.".......

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• Jaipur
• Indian
• Oil
• Depot
• Fire
• Accident
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Just Look at the arrogance of the Minister & his high handed replies to the Media as he's preoccupied with the Ambani Gas issue...The whole Ministry is busy with that who will fight the Fire man....!!What a Shame India can't even Extinguish a Fire..!!