Tuesday (September 3): Three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel from fire and safety wing and the Residential Plant Supervisor of ONGC were among dead in fire that broke out at the processing plant of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Uran, Navi Mumbai today. Firefighters intervened and the situation is now under control. The area at a distance of 1-km around the plant is sealed by Police.
Fire broke out in storm water drainage in Uran Plant early morning successfully doused within two hours by fire fighting team. #ONGC ’s robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off this major fire in a very short time. @PetroleumMin @PTI_News @pallab_ongc @ANI @CMD_ONGC
— ONGC (@ONGC_) September 3, 2019
CNG (Compressed natural gas) services in and around Mumbai region are affected by this fire disaster.
We r extremely sad to hv lost 4 precious lives-3 CISF jawans and a senior ONGC officer in the unfortunate fire incident in Uran Plant 2day inspite of valiant efforts made to contain blaze in less than 2 hrs tme. #ONGC expresses its heartfelt condolence to bereaved families.
— ONGC (@ONGC_) September 3, 2019
The dead are identified as C.N Rao (50), Residential Plant Supervisor of ONGC; Capt. E. Nayaka (48), S.P. Kushwaha (36) and M.K. Paswan (33) of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Three more were injured.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is a multinational oil and gas PSU. It is India’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It produces around 70% of India’s crude oil (equivalent to around 30% of the country’s total demand) and around 62% of its natural gas.
