16thSeptember 2021, Sept. 16 -- At around 10:30 am today, an incident of a furnace blow-up took place at IndianOil's Barauni Refinery (at Begusarai district in Bihar). This incident happened during the lighting up of the burner in one of the furnaces of the AVU-1 unit, causing minor injuries to people working in the vicinity. There has been no fire or any death, and the injured are entirely out of danger.

The planned shutdown of the Barauni refinery has been on since 20th August 2021. The cause of the incident is now under technical investigation. The refinery operations of the other units remain unaffected. The Refinery authorities have assured that everyone inside and outside the refinery premises is entirely safe. Senior officials fro...