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BPCL shuts fire-hit hydrocracker unit at Mumbai refinery, 40 injured

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Reuters MUMBAI

MUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd shut a hydrocracker unit at its Mumbai refinery on Wednesday evening following a fire that left 40 people injured, said a top company official.

"We have shut the hydrocracker and assessment will be done on Thursday to know how long we need to keep it shut," R Ramachandran, head of refineries, told Reuters.

The remaining units at the 120,000-barrel-per-day refinery in the western Indian state of Maharashtra are operating normally, he added.

The fire started in the compressor shed of the hydrocracker plant around 0915 GMT.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma and Krishna V Kurup; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

 

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First Published: Aug 08 2018 | 6:55 PM IST

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