BPCL shuts fire-hit hydrocracker unit at Mumbai refinery, 40 injured

Reuters  |  MUMBAI 

(Reuters) - State-run Corp Ltd shut a hydrocracker unit at its refinery on Wednesday evening following a fire that left 40 people injured, said a top

"We have shut the hydrocracker and assessment will be done on Thursday to know how long we need to keep it shut," R Ramachandran, head of refineries, told

The remaining units at the 120,000-barrel-per-day refinery in the western Indian state of are operating normally, he added.

The fire started in the compressor shed of the hydrocracker plant around 0915 GMT.

(Reporting by and Krishna V Kurup; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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First Published: Wed, August 08 2018. 18:55 IST