Worker killed in explosion at Indian Oil Corp's Chennai plant
Worker killed in explosion at Indian Oil Corp's Chennai plant
One worker was killed and another injured in a fire incident at an Indian Oil Corp (IOC) plant in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Wednesday, the state-run refiner said.
"The incident occurred during a planned maintenance activity of an ethanol storage tank managed by a contractor," IOC said in a statement.
It did not provide a cause for the fire at the company's Tondiarpet terminal, or specify how long the terminal will be closed; it only said it would take safety measures before resuming operations.
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Supplies of petroleum, oil, and lubricants, which IOC sells in Chennai through the affected terminal, will be provided to the city from alternate locations, it said.
A few weeks ago, a major oil spill was reported on the Tamil Nadu coast from a refinery belonging to Indian Oil-owned Chennai Petroleum Corp during Cyclone Michaung.
In a separate incident in Chennai on Wednesday, around 60 people were hospitalised after an ammonia leak from a pipeline belonging to Coromandel International near its Ennore plant in the city.
This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.
