Amassive fire broke out at Burhidihing River at Duliajan. Locals suspected thatmiscreants burnt the crude oil for which the fire spreads to the river.
Theincident has been reported to the OIL authorities but no officials reached thespot till the filing of the news.
Chaos erupts amongst the locals of Burhidihing and the fire also becomes a threat to biodiversity.
Itmay be mentioned that on January 28, a crude oil burning took place at theCentral Tank Farm (CTF) located at OIL's field headquarters in Duliajan. After thefire broke out, there was a sudden closure of remote operated shut off valvesand motor operator valves of inlets and outlets of all the crude oil storagetanks.
