2 Dead, 8 injured in fire at Reliance Jamnagar refinery

Mangalore Today News Network

Ahmedabad, Nov 24, 2016:  News agency ANI reported that 2 people have died as a result of injuries caused from a fire that broke out at the refinery site of Reliance Industries in Gujarat’s Jamnagar.

"While the Reliance fire brigade extinguished the fire swiftly, this has resulted in injuries to 8 contract workers, who are being provided necessary medical treatment," the company said in a  statement earlier today, and added that all operations of the refinery continue to be normal.

The fire broke out early morning at the company’s fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU), a gasoline-making unit, at the 660,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery, which was under maintenance, said a company source under condition of anonymity according to news agency Reuters.

Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has two advanced refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat that can jointly process 1.2 million bpd of crude oil.

The part of the refinery where the fire broke out was in the domestic tariff area (DTA) of the refinery site. The second 540,000 bpd refinery is located in the special economic zone of the refinery site.

Reliance confirmed the there was a "flash fire" in one of its units which was under planned maintenance in the DTA refinery.