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VIDEO SHOWS: SMOKE BILLOWING, FLAMES, PETROLEUM PLANT ON FIRE, STILL IMAGES OF BROKEN GLASS, PLANT INTERIORS AFTER EXPLOSION RESENDING COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: (MUMBAI, INDIA) (AUGUST 8, 2018) (DILAVAR GOYAL/ TWITTER/@DILAVAR_GOYAL - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY DILAVAR GOYAL/ TWITTER/@DILAVAR_GOYAL - NO RESALE) 1.

THICK BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE EXPLOSION SITE, BEING CARRIED ON THE WIND (MUMBAI, INDIA) (AUGUST 8, 2018) (VINCENT CREVEAU - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY VINCENT CREVEAU) 2.

SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE PETROLEUM PLANT SEEN FROM FAST-MOVING CAR WINDOW 3.

STILL IMAGE OF FACTORY ON FIRE WITH SMOKE PLUME SEEN FROM CAR WINDOW (MUMBAI, INDIA) (AUGUST 8, 2018) (DILAVAR GOYAL/ TWITTER/@DILAVAR_GOYAL - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY DILAVAR GOYAL/ TWITTER/@DILAVAR_GOYAL - NO RESALE) 4.

STILL IMAGE OF PLANT ON FIRE WITH FLAMES 5.

STILL IMAGE OF DOOR WITH GLASS BLOWN OUT 6.

STILL IMAGE OF GLASS ON FLOOR 7.

STILL IMAGE OF PETROLEUM PLANT INTERIOR WITH NO ROOF 8.

STILL IMAGE OF BLOWN OUT AND BROKEN WINDOW STORY: At least 40 people have been injured after a fire broke out at state-controlled Bharat Petroleum refinery in Mumbai on Wednesday (August 8).

The fire started at 1445 local (0915 GMT) in the compressor shed of the hydrocracker plant, the company said in a statement and is still ongoing but is under control.

Mumbai fire chief P.

S.

Rahangdale said the fire is confined to the hydrocracker plant, adding that two hose lines of fire engines and two hose lines of fixed firefighting installations were in operation.