Mumbai: State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd shut a hydrocracker unit at its Mumbai refinery on Wednesday evening following a fire that left 40 people injured, said a top company official.
"We have shut the hydrocracker and assessment will be done on Thursday to know how long we need to keep it shut," R Ramachandran, head of refineries, told Reuters.
The remaining units at the 1,20,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Maharashtra are operating normally, he added.
The fire started in the compressor shed of the hydrocracker plant around 2 pm.
