Friday, September 12, 2008

Five hurt in ONGC rig blaze

India’s Oil & natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has extinguished a blaze which injured five workers aboard the drilling rig Pride Pennsylvania, operating on the Mumbai High South field.

ONGC said 82 other workers were safely evacuated from the rig after the fire broke out at 1350 local time on Tuesday. It said the well had been closed and drilling suspended. The five injured workers were airlifted to the Juhu helibase for transport to hospital. ONGC said senior officials were traveling to the rig to assess the damage and investigate the cause of the fire.
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