Two days after a huge fire broke out at the IOC fuel depot near here, the flames died down in four of the 11 storage tanks even as three more bodies were recovered from the site on Saturday, taking the toll to nine.
The unidentified bodies were spotted early on Saturday near the site in Sitapura industrial area, 20 kms from the state capital, Jaipur District Collector Kuldeep Ranka told PTI.
Two families of Pratapnagar colony have identified bodies of their relatives Kriparam Meena and Ramniwas Meena, who worked as chargemen with IOC.
The fire, which started on Thursday evening, died down in four of the 11 storage tanks in the wee hours but continued to rage in seven tanks which included three each of diesel and petrol, and one of kerosene, Chief Fire Officer Ishwar Lal Jat said.
It will probably take about one more day for the fire to extinguish completely.
The intensity of the fire was so high that the temperature shot beyond 52 degree C at a distance of 500 metres where the joint operation team is stationed right now, the chief fire officer said.
In a joint operation on Friday night, Army-IOC-Civic administration began digging a five-feet deep trench around the blazing storage tanks which would be filled with water to contain any leakage, he said.
Foam and fire fighting vans would be deployed near the trench, the fire officer said, adding any further expansion, seepage or spread of fuel can be contained. In case the tanks collapse after the fire dies down and remaining fuel seeps out, the trench would absorb it, the collector said.
A cooling system was also being evolved with supply of water to keep down the temperature.The fire has destroyed and caused infrastructure damage to at least 200 small and big industries nearby, an official said. Rail and road transport continued to remain disrupted in the area.
The fire broke out when petrol was being transferred from the depot to a pipeline and soon got out of control. A leak in the pipeline is suspected to have caused the blaze.
Source : Newsx.com.
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