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India oil-depot blaze toll rises

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Jaipur : India | 26 days ago

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Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot is on fire in Sitapura industrial ...

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Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot is on fire in Sitapura industrial ...

The fire, caused by a suspected oil pipeline leak, broke out on Thursday night at the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) compound on the outskirts of Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan. The number of injured stands at 135. BN Soni, a senior Jaipur police official, told the AFP news agency on Sunday that two bodies...

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2 more bodies found at IOC depot

News Source: Hindu | 25 days ago

With the recovery of the charred bodies of two more victims from the burning Indian Oil Corporation depot in the Sitapura Industrial Area near here on Sunday, the death toll has gone up to 10. The fire continued to rage in five of the 11 vertical...
Toll from India oil blaze rises

News Source: BBC South Asia | 25 days ago

Dozens of people were injured as a result of the blaze at the depot near the tourist city of Jaipur, which is still reported to be burning. It is unclear what caused the fire, which broke out on Thursday evening. The depot, 16km (10 miles) south of...
Two more bodies spotted at IOC site, fire still rages

News Source: The Hindustan Times | 26 days ago

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...
India oil-depot blaze toll rises

News Source: Al Jazeera | 26 days ago

The fire, caused by a suspected oil pipeline leak, broke out on Thursday night at the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) compound on the outskirts of Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan. The number of injured stands at 135. BN Soni, a senior Jaipur police...
Fire lesson: Oil depots to shift

News Source: Telegraph India | 26 days ago

The Rajasthan government today decided to relocate all oil depots at least 35km away from thickly populated areas, as the Jaipur fire raged on 48 hours after Thursday evenings fuel tanker blasts. The official death toll rose to eight with the...
Pink city to suffer from grey haze

News Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 days ago

The fire has started spreading horizontally because the storage tanks are melting under the high temperatures. Petroleum ministry officials estimated that the oil would burn itself out by Sunday evening after which the next round of search and...