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Mumbai July 6 A fire broke out at one of the production units of Reliance Industries Ltd’s sprawling petrochemical complex at Nagothane in Maharashtra on Friday, claiming three lives and injuring a few.
The fire broke out at a little after 11 a.m. at a section of the plant No. 2 that produces 60,000 tones a year annum of LLDPE (linear low density poly-ethylene). In fact, the fire occurred after the plant was shut down for routine maintenance about 24 hours earlier.
A RIL spokesman said investigations were on as to the precise cause of the fire. He, however, said there was no material loss or stoppage in supplies to customers. “The fire did not disrupt production at the other units. The plant No. 2 (where the fire broke out) was in anyway shut down state for routine maintenance,” he said.
The Nagothane complex has five production units, with a total production capacity of four lakh tonnes per annum, including another one lakh TPA LLDPE plant.
RIL stocks closed at Rs 2,239.35 on BSE today, down 0.37 per cent over the previous close.
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.