Another heartbreaking incident in Assam’s Baghjan has brought shockwaves to the country. A massive fire broke in Assam’s Tinsukia district. According to NDTV, a natural-gas producing well of Oil India Limited (OIL) that has been leaking gas for the last 14 days caught fire on Tuesday.
#WATCH Massive fire at the gas well of Oil India Ltd at Baghjan in Tinsukia district, Assam. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is present at the spot pic.twitter.com/Tw2G92aPXy
— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2020
Times of India reported that the oil well had a blowout on May 27 and had been leaking gas since then. It caught fire two days ago that could reportedly be seen from 10 km away.
Assam fire was predicted 9 days back….. Before the crises… What we can call it.. It is clearly an irresponsibility of management https://t.co/6kqSdnMZ7e
— Menka Thapa (@MenkaThapa11) June 10, 2020
However, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal said that it has been now confined to an area of 50 meters. But he added that it might take 25-28 days to control the situation.
The fire has now been confined to an area of 50 mtrs. Experts believe that they need around 25-28 days to control the situation. We have successfully evacuated people from that area. PM @narendramodi has assured full assistance to the state: Assam CM @sarbanandsonwal (ANI) pic.twitter.com/bvwsAfNVIr
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 10, 2020
According to The Indian Express, the dead bodies of two firefighters were recovered from a wetland near the well a day after the incident. As of now, four more people have sustained minor injuries in the accident. A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has also been deployed to bring situations under control.
Visuals from the tragic incident are all over social media and they are not for the faint-hearted. Take a look:
#BaghjanGasLeak Baghjan Oil Field Still not under control.#NDRF team deployed. Two died. @NDRFHQ @satyaprad1 @sarbanandsonwal@CMOfficeAssam #BaghjanFire
#assamfire #BaghjanOilField #baghjanoilleak pic.twitter.com/K7NxhnYWr9— Tarun Sharma (@tarun10sharma) June 10, 2020
The incident that occured in Baghjan,the rapidly growing fire.The fire formed due to the gas leak in Baghjan 'Tinsukia' Assam.people need to be carefull and aleart to face any of the https://t.co/6vTbGgBt1l is very precious.@aajtak @ABPNews @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/fIxMLMdfaB
— @Sahil Papon (@PaponSahil) June 10, 2020
#assamfire #AssamCovidCount #assam #BaghjanFire #BaghjanGasLeak #baghjanoilleak pic.twitter.com/4gab20IsR1
— Trending Students (@TrendingStudent) June 10, 2020
PM @narendramodi spoke to Assam CM Shri @sarbanandsonwal to discuss the situation in the wake of the Baghjan fire tragedy. PM assured all possible support from the Centre. The situation is being monitored closely..PMO India pic.twitter.com/x0Vq49IhFw
— Bulbul Roy Mishra (@bulbulroymishra) June 10, 2020
Reality is something else but media is showing something else
Because I also belong from Tinsukia District
and we know what has happened here, the situation here is very dangerou
This is just the beginning and do not know what will happen next please save us all#BaghjanGasLeak pic.twitter.com/ScGqI1Gvkw— Aman (@AmanKha47281864) June 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/alghadeertv_eng/status/1270634865071923200
Massive fire in Baghjan(Assam),it's burning from 15days,wildlives,houses of the poor villagers everything is in fire..@Republic_Bharat @ZeeNews pic.twitter.com/oYQ2PTSZLl
— Banajit Bj Nayak (@nayak_bj) June 10, 2020
#BaghjanGasLeak hai isliye jaane diya, Australian bushfire hoti toh worldwide trending me hoti ☺️
PS: Both the incidents are unfortunate but what's more unfortunate is Indian media not talking about this disaster bcoz let's be honest guys, who gives a shit about North East…? pic.twitter.com/XQ04fZsLrk— 🇮🇳Deepak rathour 🇮🇳 (@deepakraj9801) June 10, 2020
#baghjanfire#assamfire
These should be trending but sad enough. pic.twitter.com/jMpaKHWfkg— Nishant S Kaushik (@nskgtagaming) June 9, 2020
Assam's baghjan oil field had a massive explosion today because of a continued gas leak. The fire is spreading but no coverage of this news in national media!! If it was not in NE, everyone would have trended hts of #PrayForBaghjan Our resources are national, our problems are not pic.twitter.com/ER6kBlo3SO
— Bhavana⁷ (@taeconomix) June 9, 2020
Around 6000 people from the nearby areas have been evacuated and placed in relief camps. The company in question has announced financial relief of Rs 30,000 to each to the affected families. We pray for the people affected.