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Fire at rig, five injured

New Delhi: Five people were injured when a fire broke out at a drilling rig used by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Mumbai offshore on Saturday afternoon. Drilling operations were suspended and the well has been closed. The other 82 crew members of the rig are safe. — PTI

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