Massive fire at Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Assam's Golaghat

The fire and safety department personnel of the NRL and fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

Updated on: May 29, 2023, 23:26:19 IST

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A widespread fire that broke out at the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam's Golaghat district on Monday evening has been brought under control, the refinery said.

The fire is under control and there is no report of any casualty in the incident. ((Twitter/ANI))

The fire and safety department personnel of the NRL and fire tenders had rushed to the spot.

General Manager (HR) of NRL Kajal Saikia said, “The fire broke out at the Hydrocracker unit of NRL. Our fire and safety department personnel have immediately engaged in work to douse the flame. Now the fire is under control and there is no report of any casualty in the incident.”

"Preliminary investigation on cause of fire has started."

Numaligarh refinery was shut down for maintenance in the last week of March and has been restarting operations a unit at a time since May 15, an NRL spokesperson said.

The affected hydrocracker was undergoing post-startup stabilisation when part of it caught fire, the person added.

Numaligarh refinery is a subsidiary of Oil India Ltd.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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