"Three civilians are confirmed dead and one is seriously injured. Six of our staff - three officers and three blue collared employees, are missing," IOC Chairman Sarthak Behuria, who visited the accident site Friday morning, said.
Five civilians were seriously injured while 40 others sustained minor injuries. The injured were admitted to various hospitals in the city and are undergoing medical treatment.
There were nine IOC employees and one Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) employee at the tank farm that had a capacity to store 1,00,000 kilolitres of petrol, diesel and kerosene in 13 tanks when the fire broke out at 1930 hrs yesterday.
About 50,000 kl of fuel, mostly diesel, caught fire due to a pipeline leak at one of the tanks that stored petrol after the daily routine of loading products in tank trucks ended. Three IOC staffers and the lone BPCL employee managed to escape while six were trapped and are now feared dead.

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