A massive fire broke out at the Uran ONGC gas complex, near JNPT port, on Tuesday morning. The fire started in the oil and gas processing plant.

Four killed, three injured after fire breaks out at the ONGC plant in Navi Mumbai and a village near the plant has been evacuated.

Fire brigade personnel of JNPT and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation have been fighting to control the fire.

Here's a video of the ONGC complex where the fire broke out.

The ONGC said there was no impact on oil processing and that the gas was diverted to its Hazira plant in Surat district of Gujarat. The ONGC complex processes all the oil and gas, which gets produced at Bombay High oil fields.

“Fire broke out in storm water drainage in Uran Plant early morning successfully doused within two hours by fire fighting team. #ONGCs robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off this major fire in a very short time,” the ONGC said in a tweet.

Earlier, in another tweet, it said, “A fire broke out in storm water drainage early morning 2day in Uran oil & gas processing plant.ONGC fire services & crisis management team immediately pressed in2 action. Fire is being contained. No impact on Oil processing.Gas diverted to Hazira Plant.

Situation is being assessed.

Nearly 22 fire brigade tenders, including that of the ONGC, Navi Mumbai civic body and other agencies, were at the spot, the police official said.

The injured persons were admitted to nearby hospitals for treatment, he said. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, he added.

The area around the plant is sensitive due to the close proximity of the JNPT port and strategic assets of Indian Navy. Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust (MPT), Sanjay Bhatia told BusinessLine that if required fire brigade from MPT could also be deployed.

“There was a fire at the Uran ONGC processing plant today morning. The fire took place in the drainage portion due to a gas leakage. The fire was discovered at 7:15 AM and by 9:30 AM it was contained. The last information I have is prior to going for the Union Cabinet meeting, according to the ONGC Chairman and Managing Director, four lives have have been lost in the accident. This is a very tragic incident. Our officers are at the location and assessing the situation. There is no crisis but an unfortunate accident has taken place,” Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan said.

With inputs from PTI; Video credit: Rahul Wadke, Mumbai bureau