Assam OIL facility fire death toll rises to three

GUWAHATI Two of the six persons injured in Friday’s (November 6, 2026) fire following an explosion at an Oil India Limited (OIL) facility in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh died on Saturday (November 7, 2026). Tapas Gogoi, working for a Mumbai-based private agency engaged by the oil exploration major, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in Dibrugarh town at around 3 a.m. Another worker, Rupam Gogoi, died at a private hospital in Guwahati at around 11 a.m., taking the death toll in the fire incident to three.

He was shifted from the Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh for advanced treatment. The third person, identified as Raju Dutta, died from the impact of the explosion on Friday (November 6, 2026) morning. The fire broke out around 9.05 a.m.

at the indirect bath heater in OIL’s intermediate tank farm at Tengakhat. The bath heater was isolated on November 4 for maintenance. Four other workers injured in the incident are undergoing treatment.