Mumbai, June 6
Four employees of the Indian Petro-Chemicals Company Ltd (IPCL), owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, were killed in a major fire at the company's plant at Nagothane near Mumbai this morning. Another 46 persons were injured, some of them seriously, according to the Maharashtra state police.
According to RIL, the mishap happened in one of the three plants, which was shut for maintenance. Preliminary information indicated that hydrocarbon Plant Number II caught fire when maintenance workers began welding operations. As a result there was a major explosion, which resulted in one of the workers carrying out welding operations getting killed, according to sources.
Three others, who were in the vicinity, suffered serious burns and died while they were being rushed to hospital, the police said.
However, two other plants within the IPCL complex were functioning normally, according to the company.
