Officials of the Tinsukia district administration said that firefighters Durlav Gogoi and Tikheswar Gohain had been missing ever since a massive fire broke out at OIL’s oil well on Tuesday afternoon.”The cause of deaths of the firefighters could be drowning in a nearby pond or suffocation in the huge smoke coming out from the massive fire since Tuesday afternoon,” the officials told.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel recovered the bodies with the help of drones used by the Forest Department of the Assam government.
According to the district administration officials, another firefighter of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) was injured at the site on Tuesday and taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh. His condition was stated to be out of danger.
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