Massive fire at Indian Oil depot in Jaipur

Indian Oil Corporation''s fuel depot in Sitapura industrial area on the outskirts of Jaipur on Thursday night is still raging.

Atleast 12 people were killed and 150 others were injured in the incident.

The army has been deployed to handle the situation. Twenty two fire tenders, 300 army personnel and two teams of oil fire experts are engaged in bringing the fire under control.

The injured have been admitted to different hospitals of Jaipur. Loss of over 500 crore is estimated in the incident.

Five lakh residents around the area have been moved to safer locations, including hostellers of 10 engineering and medical colleges.

The government has announced an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees to next of kin of those killed in the incident, one lakh to seriously injured and 50,000 rupees to the injured.

Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has reached Jaipur to assess the situation. He will be visiting the accident site and will meet Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. (ANI)

7 Bomb Blasts Rock Jaipur: Sketch released of the Perpetrator

Authorities suspect the terrorists Bangladesh Huji team was behind the blasts in Jaipur
but reports are still unconfirmed. The death toll has risen to 70and over 150 wounded.

At 7.35 pm 7 bomb blasts rocked the city of Jaipur in the midst of shock and chaos in the different areas of the city.The serial explosion in the number 7 goes with the last reports.The crowded places were attacked by the terrorists as Johri Bazar, Hawa Mahal, Chowk Bada and others. Bomb Squad and has rushed to the scene and the area has been cordoned off by the target of terrorists were police.The Hanuman temple as Tuesday be large number of devotees come to evening prayers at the temple. Also in the summer for most areas were full of people prefer to shop at night.

The government was surprised because there was no intelligence reports to the IPL Cricket matches blasts.The also happening in the city and most police officers were appointed for the matches. It seems that at first glance the bike is used for the blasts.

The NSG team has also been admitted to the emergency site of the blast in Delhi.

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