Body to probe fire incident at Meghna pump house
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A four-member committee has been formed to investigate the Monday's fire incident at the pump house of Meghna Petroleum Limited -- one of the three marketing companies of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).The fire that broke out at the pump house at Patenga at around 11:30pm could have caused a huge damage since the main oil depots of two other marketing companies of BPC -- Padma Oil Company and Jamuna Oil Company -- and Eastern Refinery are also located there. However, fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze at around 1:00am. Two pumps and the roof and the glass walls of the pump house were damaged in the fire. Following the incident, the authorities have suspended the operation of the pump house and made alternative arrangement for supplying oil from the depot, sources said. The probe committee headed by Meghna Petroleum Deputy General Manager Kudrat-e-Elahi was formed yesterday. It was asked to submit the report within a day.
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