An incident has occurred in Goa when a underground naphtha pipeline was punctured by accident by a JCB during excavation. It sparked off a major fire. As per the news item, "According to fire fighters and emergency service personnel, the incident occurred when a negligent heavy earth mover driver damaged an underground naphtha pipeline while undertaking excavation work.“It generated a spark, due to which traces in the naphtha pipeline burst into huge flames,” they informed.Immediately, after the pipeline was damaged, a blast occurred and flames reached upto 40 ft high and engulfed the earth moving excavator machine, 23 two-wheelers, six cars, three trucks, one tempo and one phosphoric acid tank, which were parked at the entrance gate of the industry.The JCB driver along with two labourers, who were standing nearby, sustained burn injuries and were rushed to a private hospital.Luckily, a major tragedy was averted, as two ammonia storage tanks of the industry are located barely 50 metres away from the entrance gate, where the fire incident occurred".
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