(IRIS) -- A fire that broke out on September
11 during a routine maintenance operation at GAIL`s petrochemical plant at Pata
was soon brought under control.
The fire broke out in the Crude Hexane Reboiler of High
Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Plant Unit 1 at petrochemical
complex at Pata, District Auraiya (U.P.) around 3:20 p.m on September 11. Only
minimum men and material were at the site of the incident as it was a holiday on
September 11.
While the fire was brought under control within an hour of occurrence of the
incident, unfortunately one engineer succumbed to the injuries and two persons
sustained minor burn injuries. The injured have been sent to Kanpur for
treatment after first aid was provided to them at Pata.
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