4 dead in blast at Gujarat methanol storage tank
Four persons were killed on Monday after a fire triggered by an explosion raged inside a methanol storage tank of a private firm located near Kandla Port in Gujarat’s Kutch district, a police officer said.
The Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) stated that the roof of the tank blew away due to the blaze.
As per a complaint filed with the Kandla Marine police station, the fire broke out inside the tank number 303 in the storage terminal around 1:30 pm and has been raging since the last eight hours.
The incident occurred when an employee of M/S IMC terminal, located around 16 kms away from Gandhidham in Kutch district, and three labourers were conducting a routine inspection of the storage tank, a fire station official said.
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