India, Nov. 6 -- Five workers of Oil India Limited's (OIL) in Assam's Dibrugarh sustained severe injuries due to an explosion at the Intermediate Tank Farm (ITF) on Friday morning, officials said.

According to preliminary reports, the explosion occurred in the facility's crude oil storage section while workers were operating a valve. The blast triggered a massive fire, injuring several people at the site.

The five severely injured workers have been identified as 40-year-old Tapas Gogoi, a resident of Milan Nagar in Dibrugarh; 45-year-old Shailen Gogoi; 38-year-old Kumud Gogoi; 58-year-old Golap Dutta; and 40-year-old Indra Gogoi, all residents of Tengakhat. They were employed by Spectron Engineers Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company...