Massive fire breaks out at Baghjan oil well in Assam, over 1,000 evacuated

A company spokesperson said no casualty or injury has been reported so far

More than 1,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday after a massive fire engulfed the damaged Baghjan oil well that had been spewing gas uncontrollably for the past 14 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district, official sources said. The blaze at the Oil India’s oil well is so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than two kms, eyewitnesses said. Three experts from Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control were at the blowout site and some equipment was being removed when the fire broke out in the afternoon.
 

A company spokesperson said no casualty or injury has been reported