Two firefighters dead in gas well blowout blaze in Assam, says Oil India

PSU significant Oil India on Wednesday reported two of its firefighters died at the web page of a significant blaze at its Baghjan effectively, which has been spewing fuel uncontrollably for the past 15 times in Assam’s Tinsukia district.

The two firefighters had absent missing just after the effectively caught hearth on Tuesday and their bodies were being recovered by an NDRF crew this early morning, Oil India Spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika informed PTI.

“Their bodies were being recovered from a wetland close to the web page. Prima facie it appears to be that they jumped into the drinking water and received drowned as there is no mark of burn damage. The correct bring about will be ascertained only just after a write-up mortem,” he reported.

The duo has been identified as Durlov Gogoi and Tikeswar Gohain, equally assistant operators of the hearth service division of the organization, the official reported.

A firefighter of the state-owned ONGC endured slight injuries in the course of initiatives to management the blaze, which Oil India reported could choose as extensive as four months to be put out.