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Baghjan oil well blowout singes fields, fish and livelihoods

The fire at an Oil India Ltd well that started with oil and natural gas gushing out uncontrollably on May 27 and went up in flames on June 9 was controlled on Sunday, said reports. But the trauma will take much longer to subside, said residents of the area around the oil field that has 17 oil wells and five gas wells.
Nearly 45 days since blowout, Assam's Baghjan oilfield continues to spit fire

Operations to cap the Oil India Limited (OIL)-operated well have been hampered due to incessant rains and flooding in the region, the company has said.
Assam floods: Rains affect Baghjan blowout control operations

The connecting roads to the Baghjan well, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for nearly 30 days, have been submerged in flood waters.
In pics | Explained: Massive fire at Assam's Baghjan oil well; here's all you need to know about the blowout

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is undertaking a rescue operation at the site of an oil well that exploded and caught fire at Baghjan

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Baghjan Blowout

Baghjan oil well blowout singes fields, fish and livelihoods

Nearly 45 days since blowout, Assam's Baghjan oilfield continues to spit fire

Assam floods: Rains affect Baghjan blowout control operations

In pics | Explained: Massive fire at Assam's Baghjan oil well; here's all you need to know about the blowout