Fire in an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot was broke on Oct.29, 2009 at around 7.30 PM & continued to burn for the third day running Sunday in this Rajasthan capital with the toll rising to 18 after recovery of more bodies. It is nearly 10 Kms away from my residence.
The incident occurred when petrol was being transferred from the Indian Oil Corporation's oil depot to a pipeline. There were at least 40 IOC employees at the terminal, situated close to the Sanganer Airport (Jaipur Airport) when it caught fire with an explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7.36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3.5 km from the accident site.
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