Hyderabad, Jan. 7 -- The massive flames that erupted due to a major gas leak at the Mori-5 drilling site of Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) at Irusumanda village of Malikipuram mandal in Andhra Pradesh's Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district on Monday subsided to a large extent by Tuesday evening, district collector Mahesh Kumar Ravirala said.

Speaking to reporters, the collector said the flames were brought down to the extent of 90% and it would take another four to five days to contain the remaining flames. The flames that had risen to at least 100 feet on Monday, were brought down to 50 feet on Tuesday. The ONGC authorities were working out a mechanism to cap the gas well, he said.

"For now, there is no threat to the people in the ...