How it start?
- Thefirebrokeoutwhenpetrolwasbeingtransferredfromthedepottoapipelineandsoongotoutofcontrol.Aleakinthepipelineissuspectedtohavecausedtheblaze.InitialTimeline:29October-2009,Thursday(IST)
- 6.45PM: A leakage was detected in IOC depot in Jaipur. For next 40 minutes, engineers tried to repair it.
- 7:30PM: The first container exploded, causing effect of equivalent to a mild quake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale.
- 8:00PM: The fire became uncontrollable. Immediately all 12 tanks catch fire! These were floating roof tanks... the fire started from some leakage in pipeline.. the initial blast might have damaged the vapour seals of the tank thereby starting leakage at rim of tank and then the fire..
AlargertragedywasavertedastheLPGcylindersremainedsafe.
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