An explosion at an IOCL refinery in Vadodara caused a massive fire, leading to evacuations and the deployment of 10 fire tenders.

The death toll in a fire at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) refinery in Gujarat's Vadodara city has gone up to two, while another injured person was undergoing treatment, police said on Tuesday.

How did the blast happen in Indian Oil Refinery? Terrifying video. Big news from Vadodara, Gujarat. Two people died in fire at IOCL refinery. Efforts are on to control the massive fire. The refinery caught fire yesterday evening.

Traffic police personnel as well as DCP traffic Jyoti Patel rushed to the spot to manage the movement of vehicles and disperse the people from neighbourhoods who had gathered on roads in panic.

Indian Oil Corp on Monday reported a fire in a Benzene Storage Tank, which has a 1000 kilo litres capacity at Gujarat Refinery, with the oil firm yet to ascertain the cause of the incident. The company added that its refinery operations were operating normally despite the fire outbreak.

Officials say the blaze was brought under control after extensive efforts involving several fire tenders brought in from nearby cities and towns

IOCL officials told The Indian Express that the details of employees — who could have been in the line of danger — were being gathered.

The fire that began on Monday afternoon with a blast in a benzene storage tank of the refinery later spread to two other adjoining tanks, Jawahar Nagar police station inspector A B Mori said.

An explosion at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) refinery in Vadodara, Gujarat, sparked a fire on Monday afternoon. Smoke was visible from a distance as firefighters worked to contain the blaze. While rescue operations are ongoing,