3 CISF men among 4 dead in ONGC blaze

Raigad: Three CISF firemen and a unit head were killed, while three others injured when a massive fire broke out in a storm water drainage network at the ONGC's oil and gas processing plant in Uran, Navi Mumbai, officials said here on Tuesday.

Following this, several CNG stations were shut in Mumbai. Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) that supplies both CNG and PNG in Mumbai Metropolitan Region said: "Due to the fire, gas supply to MGL's city gate station at Wadala has been severely affected."

The victims are ONGC's Residential Chief Plant Supervisor C N Rao, 50, and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans of the Fire Wing (ONGC Unit), who were killed in the line of duty, are E Nayaka, M K Paswan and S P Kushwaha.

Police said that according to information received by them, around 6.45 am, the CISF fire brigade was alerted of a gas leak near the LPG plant on the complex and a team of ONGC and CISF personnel rushed to the spot.

They managed to detect and close a leaking valve and were waiting to observe if there were more leaks, but suddenly there was a huge blast followed by a massive fire, killing the three CISF firemen and the plant supervisor.