At least 12 injured in explosion at Mathura refinery of Indian Oil Corporation

Mathura: A massive explosion in oil refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Mathura left at least  12 people injured on the Agra-Delhi National Highway here on Tuesday, police said.

This comes a day after a blast in an Indian Oil refinery in Vadodara, Gujarat in which two people were killed.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud explosion followed by flames shooting up from the Mathura refinery. Flames were visible from several kilometres away, they said.

In a statement, Renu Pathak, Senior Corporate Manager of Mathura Refinery, said about 12 people were injured in the incident. The management of the



refinery has ordered a probe to determine the cause of the explosion, she said.

A fire broke out after an explosion in the Atmospheric Vacuum Unit (AVU) of the main plant, which was being restarted after a month-and-a-half shutdown for maintenance work, she said.

Among the injured, eight workers sustained burn injuries, five of whom received immediate treatment at the refinery’s medical facility.

Three of the more seriously injured workers were transferred to Delhi’s Apollo Hospital, a multi-speciality facility equipped for advanced care, the statement said.