Fire at Oil India Tank Farm in Tengakhat Kills One Worker, Injures Six

One worker died and six others were injured in a fire at Oil India Ltd's Intermediate Tank Farm in Tengakhat, in Assam's Dibrugarh district, on Friday morning, November 6, 2026. The fire erupted around 9:05 am during maintenance work, the company said.

The dead worker was identified as Raju Dutta. Dutta and the six injured workers were employees of Spectron Engineers Private Limited, a Mumbai based company engaged by Oil India for work at the facility.

What Oil India said

In its statement, Oil India said: "One person died, while six others sustained burn injuries and have been taken to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, and OIL Hospital." The company expressed its condolences to the bereaved family.

Oil India said its fire service personnel were mobilised at once and the blaze was brought under control. NewsBearer, reporting the company's statement, said a sudden explosion occurred while a valve was being operated in the crude oil storage section, that Oil India's own fire brigade brought the blaze under control, and that the company has started a high level investigation into the cause.

No cause has been confirmed. The investigation is the step the company has announced to establish how the fire and the explosion happened.

The first reports from the site

The first wire report, from ANI and carried by DevDiscourse, reached readers before the death was confirmed. It said at least five workers were injured and one worker was missing after a fire and explosion at the Tengakhat tank farm on Friday morning, during technical work, and that preliminary reports suggested the explosion took place in the crude oil storage section while a valve was being operated.

Kamal Phukan, Area Manager of Spectron Engineers Pvt Ltd, told ANI at that stage: "There are 5 people in Assam Medical College, one in Oil Medical College and one whom we have not found yet." He also said he had no information about any death at that point. The later company statement, reported by The Hindu BusinessLine, confirmed that one person had died and that six others had burn injuries.

The injured workers named in the ANI report

The ANI report named five injured workers. They were Tapas Gogoi, 40, of Milan Nagar in Dibrugarh; Shailen Gogoi, 45; Kumud Gogoi, 38; Golap Dutta, 58; and Indra Gogoi, 40. The last four were all residents of Tengakhat, the report said.

ANI said five injured workers were admitted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, and another person was taken to Oil India Hospital. The company put the total at six injured. The sixth injured worker was not named in the reports cited here.

What happens next

The facts confirmed so far are narrow. A fire broke out at about 9:05 am during maintenance work at the Tengakhat tank farm, and an explosion was reported in the crude oil storage section while a valve was being operated. Raju Dutta died, six other Spectron workers were injured with burns, Oil India's fire service brought the blaze under control, and the company has opened a high level investigation into the cause.