The fire continues to rage at the site, being allowed to burn under controlled conditions, so that the intensity and likely damage is minimised.
The government has constituted a committee headed by former Hindustan Petroleum chairman and managing director M B Lal to enquire into the reasons behind the fire.
So far, six employees are reported missing, and presumed dead, and the number of injured is likely to be 21, said a company release. “The products were insured by ICICI Lombard,” S V Narasimhan, director (finance) told reporters. “The extent of damage and loss in terms of product and property can be assessed only after the fire is fully extinguished,” a press release added.
The Jaipur terminal is an automated one and equipped with state-of-the-art safety and fire-fighting gadgets. However, the magnitude of the fire was too huge to be controlled with available equipment.
Petroleum minister Murli Deora visited the site and announced an ex-gratia payment by IndianOil ranging from Rs 10 lakh each in case of death, Rs 2 lakh each for the seriously injured and Rs 1 lakh each for those with minor injuries. By preliminary reports, the fire started at about 7.30 pm yesterday due to a pipeline leak at one of the petrol storage tanks.
The depot caters to Jaipur and adjoining markets, though the release said HPCL’s recently commissioned terminal at Bagru, near Jaipur, on the Mundra-Delhi pipeline would take care of the requirements in the area, along with other nearby oil depots, at Rewari, etc.
What is the actual reason Behind That fire .........
can someone tell me
Posted by: Jimmy
July 19 , 2010, 06:50 IST
Petrol and Diesel leakage is expected in operations. So for such locations storing inflammable gases and liquids, it is mandatory to have proper FLAMEPROOF Installation.
It was clearly a FAILURE of the FLAMEPROOF Installation.
The investigation by OISD under played this fact.
- read more here http://undergroundmines.blogspot.com/
The devastating fire at the IOC Oil Depot in Jaipur has exposed the poor Fire Safety Standards being practised in the Country.
Unfortunately going by the series of events taken place during the last three months, be it the Delhi Metro Project or the BALCO Power Plant Project and now the Oil Storage facilities, Safety ( along with Quality )has taken a back seat in Construction and Maintenance of Facilities like Oil Depot.
It is time for the Government to introduce mandatory requirement for the deployment of Independent Safety Organisations to monitor and advise on Safety Requirements and Compliance, specially at major projects, Oil Storage Facilities, Ammunition Storage Dumps, Shopping Malls, Factories, etc to prevent avoidable loss of Life and property.
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