(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.