Fire breaks out at an intermediate tank farm in Tengakhat in Dibrugarh (AT Image)

Dibrugarh, Nov 9: The toll in the fire incident at an Oil India Ltd (OIL) facility in Dibrugarh district increased to four as another injured worker succumbed on Sunday. The PSU has suspended all four personnel who were in charge of the site, officials said.

Three people who were also injured in the blaze on Friday are undergoing treatment and are said to be in critical condition.

All the victims were employees of Spectron Engineering Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company engaged by OIL.

One person was killed in the fire on the day of the incident, while two died the next day. A mechanical helper, Sailen Gogoi, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, died on Sunday, taking the toll to four.

The fire broke out on November 6 after an explosion during maintenance work at OIL’s intermediate tank farm (ITF) in Tengakhat, the public sector undertaking said in a statement.

Meanwhile, OIL has instituted a high-level inquiry to probe into the incident, another official said. The committee has put all four OIL employees who were in-charge of the ITF, including three officers, on suspension “until the investigation is over”, the official

PTI