Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months

More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused. The well operated by Oil India Limited (OIL) had caught fire on June 9 after suffering a blowout on May 27. Two firefighters and an engineer died at the accident site in efforts to bring the fire under control.

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