Dibrugarh: The death toll from the fire and explosion at Oil India Limited’s Tengakhat facility in Assam’s Dibrugarh district rose to two on Saturday, November 7, following the death of injured worker Rupam Gogoi at a Guwahati hospital.
Gogoi, a resident of Chabua in Dibrugarh district, succumbed to critical blast injuries around 11 am after being shifted to Guwahati for specialised medical care.
The explosion occurred on Friday when a massive fire broke out in the crude oil storage section of the tank farm while workers were operating a valve.
The blast killed worker Raju Dutta on the spot and left several others critically injured.
The injured workers admitted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh include Tapas Gogoi (40), Shailen Gogoi (45), Kumud Gogoi (38), Golap Dutta (58), and Indra Gogoi (40).
One missing worker was reportedly thrown away from the blast site during the explosion and remains untraced.
All affected workers were engaged by Mumbai-based Spectron Engineers Private Limited, a contractor operating at the Oil India Limited facility.
District authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion and evaluating the total casualty count.