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Fire continues at ONGC well in Andhra for fourth day

IANS | January 08, 2026 01:30 PM

AMARAVATI: Fire continued to rage for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) well in Andhra Pradesh's Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district.

ONGC teams continued their efforts to control the blowout at Mori-5 well at Irusumanda Village, Malkipuram Mandal.

As the fire intensity has reduced, the ONGC personnel have reached about 10 metres closer to the well to implement the blowout control plan.

Firefighters were continuing to sprinkle water over the well. It may take a few more days to douse the fire.

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