Assam OIL facility fire death toll rises to three

Workers move away as a massive fire rages following an explosion at Oil India Limited's (OIL) Intermediate Tank Farm (ITF), in Dibrugarh district, on November 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Two of the six persons injured in Friday’s (November 6, 2026) fire following an explosion at an Oil India Limited (OIL) facility in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh died on Saturday (November 7, 2026).Tapas Gogoi, working for a Mumbai-based private agency engaged by the oil exploration major, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in Dibrugarh town at around 3 a.m.Another worker, Rupam Gogoi, died at a private hospital in Guwahati at around 11 a.m., taking the death toll in the fire incident to three. He was shifted from the Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh for advanced treatment.The third person, identified as Raju Dutta, died from the impact of the explosion on Friday (November 6, 2026) morning.The fire broke out around 9.05 a.m. at the indirect bath heater in OIL’s intermediate tank farm at Tengakhat. The bath heater was isolated on November 4 for maintenance.Four other workers injured in the incident are undergoing treatment.According to OIL, fire and emergency services personnel rushed to the facility and launched fire-fighting operations to extinguish the fire by 12.30 p.m. on Friday (November 6, 2026).OIL constituted an internal inquiry committee to investigate the incident, identify its immediate and underlying causes, assess damage and suggest proactive measures to prevent such incidents in future, officials said. Published - November 07, 2026 12:19 pm IST