Jaipur, October 30: More than 17 hours after a massive fire broke out at Indian Oil Corp’s fuel depot near hear killing six of the company’s employees, actual fire fighting is yet to begin as petrol and diesel stored in tanks were still burning.
The fire, that started due to a leakage in one of the valves at around 1930 hrs yesterday, continues to rage in five of the 13 tanks that stored petrol, diesel and kerosene.
“There is not much we can do currently. We have to let all of petrol and diesel to burn before fire tenders can even go anywhere near the burning tanks,” Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, who flew in here early this morning, said.
–PTI