Fire controlled after 5 hours in Sangareddy

March 02, 2015 09:52 am | Updated November 16, 2021 05:15 pm IST - SANGAREDDY:

A fire, that broke out after the Reliance pipeline carrying gas from Kakinada in East Godavari to Bharuch in Gujarat leaked, was brought under control after five hours of hectic efforts by the company personnel at Maddikunta in Medak District.

A major mishap was averted with timely action of the Reliance personnel and the district administration in the early hours of Monday after they plugged gas leak and brought the fire under control. Gas was leaking from Main Live Valve (MLV) 14 - near Maddikunta in Sadashivapet mandal.

Surprisingly, the MLV was hardly 50 metres away from the SC Colony, which has 200 houses. The villagers said that the flames rose to about 30 to 40 metres sending shiver down their spine. The pipeline was laid by Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd (RGTIL), a part of Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL), to supply gas from Kaninada to Bharuch.

“The gas started leaking at about 2.35 a.m. and within no time it caught fire and it was visible in the camera. Our people reached the spot within 45 minutes after the incident and swung into action. However, we do not know the reason for fire. Experts from the Mumbai will arrive here and ascertain the reasons,” G.V. Reddy, General Manager, Reliance, told The Hindu.

Soon after the fire broke out, a security guard of the company alerted the police. By the time the police were getting ready to reach the spot, they also got an alert from the head office of the company from Mumbai about incident. Immediately, power supply to the village was stopped by the officials.

As a precautionary measure, the technical experts opened two valves - MLV 13 at Indresam near Patancheru and MLV 15 at Madhira at Kohir- and released the gas that was in the pipeline for about 70 kilometres and averted the fire from spreading.

After the fire broke out, villagers were evacuated to safer places and police prevented people from going close to the MLV. Locals returned to their houses, only after the fire was brought under control.

District Collector Rahul Bojja and Superintendent of Police B. Sumathi visited the spot.

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