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Numaligarh Refiners says puts out fire in hydrocracker unit

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : May 11 2015 | 2:48 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Numaligarh Refiners Ltd said on Monday it had extinguished a fire at the hydrocracker unit at its 60,000-barrel-per-day plant in the northeastern state of Assam and had resumed the process of starting up the entire plant in phases.

The refinery has been closed for about a month for routine maintenance, Numaligarh's spokewoman, Madhuchanda Adhikari told Reuters, adding the fire occurred during the start up of units.

According to a government statement, NRL had shut the refinery for routine maintenance from end-March.

"The fire broke at 1100 hrs local time in vessel No. 4 of the hydrocracker ... the fire has been doused completely. There are couple of injuries," she said.

Numaligarh Refinery is a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd .

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Anand Basu)

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First Published: May 11 2015 | 2:35 PM IST

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