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Photos: Two dead, 7000 affected in Assam’s Baghjan gas well fire

Two firefighters were killed after a massive explosion led to a fire that is being fed by a leaking natural gas well in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The Oil India Limited operated Baghjan gas well had been dealing with a blowout that occurred two weeks ago on May 27 and had called in a Singapore based firm to cap the leak when the incident occurred. The fire now poses a constant ecological threat in its surrounding areas with capping efforts estimated to take up to four weeks.

Updated on: Jun 11, 2020 10:35 AM IST

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Flames and smoke arise from a well run by state-owned Oil India Limited in Tinsukia, Assam on June 10. Two firefighters’ bodies were found in a pond as the towering blaze reached for the sky from the Baghjan gas well. It could be nearly four weeks before the blowout is reigned in, the company said in a statement yesterday. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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Flames and smoke arise from a well run by state-owned Oil India Limited in Tinsukia, Assam on June 10. Two firefighters’ bodies were found in a pond as the towering blaze reached for the sky from the Baghjan gas well. It could be nearly four weeks before the blowout is reigned in, the company said in a statement yesterday. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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The blaze at the OIL well was at one point visible from a distance of more than 30 kilometres, news agency PTI reported. The gas well is located next to the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and the eco-sensitive Maguri Mottapung wetland, which are home to endangered hoolock gibbons and Gangetic dolphins. (PTI)

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The blaze at the OIL well was at one point visible from a distance of more than 30 kilometres, news agency PTI reported. The gas well is located next to the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and the eco-sensitive Maguri Mottapung wetland, which are home to endangered hoolock gibbons and Gangetic dolphins. (PTI)

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel participate in a rescue operation at the site in Baghjan. Workers have been trying to cap the well since gas started leaking nearly two weeks ago, said Tridiv Hazarika, a spokesman for government-owned Oil India Limited, which operates the gas field in Baghjan. (Partha Sarathi das / AP)

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel participate in a rescue operation at the site in Baghjan. Workers have been trying to cap the well since gas started leaking nearly two weeks ago, said Tridiv Hazarika, a spokesman for government-owned Oil India Limited, which operates the gas field in Baghjan. (Partha Sarathi das / AP)

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NDRF personnel carry the bodies of two firemen who had gone missing after the explosion at Baghjan gas field on June 10. Durlov Gogoi, a former national level footballer, and Tikheswar Gohain, 56 were working to control the blowout, or leakage of gas and condensate, from the well when it caught fire. (PTI)

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NDRF personnel carry the bodies of two firemen who had gone missing after the explosion at Baghjan gas field on June 10. Durlov Gogoi, a former national level footballer, and Tikheswar Gohain, 56 were working to control the blowout, or leakage of gas and condensate, from the well when it caught fire. (PTI)

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Water being sprayed at the mouth of the well as gas spews on June 7. Oil India had already suspended operations at the gas well on May 27 after an uncontrolled gas emission. The company had brought in experts from the Singapore-based firm Alert Disaster Control to control the blowout when the accident occurred. (ANI)

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Water being sprayed at the mouth of the well as gas spews on June 7. Oil India had already suspended operations at the gas well on May 27 after an uncontrolled gas emission. The company had brought in experts from the Singapore-based firm Alert Disaster Control to control the blowout when the accident occurred. (ANI)

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Locals look on as smoke billows from the fire at Baghjan gas field on June 9. There were protests in the area as the fire broke out, threatening the lives and livelihood of people already facing the impact of the blowout for the last two weeks amid the COVID-19 crisis. (PTI)

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Locals look on as smoke billows from the fire at Baghjan gas field on June 9. There were protests in the area as the fire broke out, threatening the lives and livelihood of people already facing the impact of the blowout for the last two weeks amid the COVID-19 crisis. (PTI)

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Villagers move to a safer place with their belongings after the fire on June 9. Nearly 2,000 families which had been evacuated because of the blowout beyond a radius of 1.5 km from the well have now been shifted even further and housed in 12 relief camps. (PTI)

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Villagers move to a safer place with their belongings after the fire on June 9. Nearly 2,000 families which had been evacuated because of the blowout beyond a radius of 1.5 km from the well have now been shifted even further and housed in 12 relief camps. (PTI)

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Security personnel walk near the site of the explosion at Baghjan on June 10. Farmland with standing crops, as well as ponds and wetlands in the adjoining villages have been badly affected by the initial explosion fuelled by gas condensate. The fire burnt everything in a radius of one km from the site, according to OIL officials. (Partha Sarathi Das / AP)

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Security personnel walk near the site of the explosion at Baghjan on June 10. Farmland with standing crops, as well as ponds and wetlands in the adjoining villages have been badly affected by the initial explosion fuelled by gas condensate. The fire burnt everything in a radius of one km from the site, according to OIL officials. (Partha Sarathi Das / AP)

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Smoke billows from a the fire on June 9. OIL has said the foreign experts have expressed confidence about controlling the fire and capping the well safely but the operation requires a large amount of water, installation of high discharge pumps, and removal of debris which will take weeks. (PTI)

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Smoke billows from a the fire on June 9. OIL has said the foreign experts have expressed confidence about controlling the fire and capping the well safely but the operation requires a large amount of water, installation of high discharge pumps, and removal of debris which will take weeks. (PTI)

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