Acetylene leak may have caused blast on ONGC ship in Cochin Shipyard

Kochi | Wednesday | 14th February, 2018

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The scene inside the Cochin shipyard moments after the blast on the ONGC ship on Tuesday. “They said the explosion occurred just as he was returning to the place. A detailed probe will throw light on what led to the blast,” Mr.

Pramod added. Stored for welding work“A preliminary inspection points to a leak in the huge quantity of acetylene that was being stored [for welding work]. Quoting workers, Mr.

Pramod said that one of them left (the compartment) after smelling acetylene..