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Toll in OIL’s Assam facility fire rises to 4 as another injured dies

Toll in OIL’s Assam facility fire rises to 4 as another injured dies

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The death toll from the explosion and fire at Oil India Limited’s Intermediate Tank Farm in Tengakhat, Dibrugarh district, Assam has risen to four after an injured worker, Sailen Gogoi, 45, died at a private hospital in Dibrugarh. The PSU announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and ₹5 lakh for each injured person.

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  • center · 2 outlets

    Guwahati: The death toll from the explosion and subsequent fire at Oil India Limited’s (OIL) Intermediate Tank Farm (ITF) in Tengakhat, Dibrugarh district, has risen to four after another injured worker died at a private hospital in Dibrugarh. The latest victim, Sailen Gogoi (45), a resident of…

    — NE Now

  • right · 2 outlets

    The action comes as the death count in the incident rose to three on Saturday with another critically injured worker dying due to burn injuries.

    — NDTV

RSS excerpt

The PSU has announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased, and ₹5 lakh to each injured person

Coverage arrived over 28 hours — first from The Assam Tribune, latest from The Hindu BusinessLine.

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  4. The Hindu BusinessLine Center-Right The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons) Current article

    Toll in OIL’s Assam facility fire rises to 4 as another injured dies

    The PSU has announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased, and ₹5 lakh to each injured person

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