Fire in Reliance Industries refinery at Jamnagar, 1 injured

Reliance Industries Ltd has announced that on October 25, 2006, morning at about 10.40 A.M., there was a fire in one of the secondary processing units (VGO Hydrotreater - II) of refinery at Jamnagar.

One of the Reliance personnel is seriously injured. There are no other casualties.

The fire has been brought under control by the Company Plant and Fire Fighting personnel in less than two hours. The exact extent of damage to the VGO Hydrotreater II unit, which is one of the 40 units in the refinery complex, is being assessed.

As a pre-cautionary measure, the neighbouring Diesel Hydrotreating Unit - II has been shut down safely. The Company expects to re-start the same shortly.

All other refinery units, including both the crude units and petrochemical units, are operating normally.

Source : Equity Bulls

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