India, Jan. 5 -- A gas pipeline leak at a well in Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district, operated by ONGC's production contractor Deep Industries Ltd, triggered a fire on Monday.

There were no reports of deaths or injuries, according to preliminary information shared by an official of the Maharatna company.

After the leak and the subsequent blaze, senior officials of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation from Rajahmundry rushed to Mori village, where the fire broke out at the Mori-5 well, the official said, according to a PTI report.

"The area has been cordoned off, cooling operations commenced and ONGC has mobilized the Crisis management teams. Preparatory work is in progress to facilitate well-control and if required, capping of the well,...