MUMBAI: After the Panna-Mukta explosion, there is another accident at Reliance Industries (RIL’s) petrochemical plant at Nagothane. The explosion killed at least three people and left several injured. The company is in the process of assessing the damage and reason of the fire.
In a release, the country’s largest private sector company said the fire on Friday was brought under control and extinguished within minutes, but affected one of its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plants with a capacity of 60,000 tpa. There are two LLDPE plants at Nagothane. The other LLDPE plant, with capacity of 1,00,000 tpa, is fully operational.
“At around 11.20 am on Friday, a fire broke out in a section of the LLDPE plant no 2 at the company’s Nagothane manufacturing division. The plant was shut down on June 5 for routine maintenance when the unfortunate incident took place. Customer supplies will not be affected,” said an RIL statement on Friday.
“A thorough investigation has been ordered and is underway to establish the exact cause of the incident. The rest of the Nagothane complex is operating normally,” it added.
Shares of RIL on BSE dipped marginally by 0.37% to close at Rs 2,239. RIL shares were down 7% in the last one week and 16% in the past one month.
Three workers have died after an explosion and fire at a Reliance Industries petrochemical plant in Nagothana, Maharashtra, India.

The fire broke out shortly after 11 a.m. in one of the facility's two linear low density poly-ethylene (LLDPE) units. The unit, which has a 60,000 tonne per anum (TPA) capacity, had been shut down 24 hours before the accident for maintenance. Several people were injured as well as the three who were killed.

There are four production units at the plant, including another LLDPE unit with a 100,000 TPA capacity. None of these were affected by the fire, which was extuinguished within minutes without material loss, and production and supply of goods will not be affected.

An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the accident.