Smoke billows from a fire at Baghjan oil field, a week after a blowout, in Tinsukia district, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. PTIA massive fire engulfed the damaged Baghjan oil well on Tuesday, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 14 days in Assam's Tinsukia district, official sources said. The blaze at the Oil India Ltd's oil well is so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than two kilometres, eyewitnesses said. Three experts from Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control were at the blowout site and some equipment was being removed when the fire broke out in the afternoon. CM Shri @sarbanandsonwal spoke to Union Petroleum Minister Shri @dpradhanbjp over phone regarding incident of fire at the gas explosion site at the Baghjan oilfield, Tinsukia.

Source: The Telegraph June 09, 2020 11:26 UTC