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Dousing of gasfield fire may be delayed

Flame comes down to below 50 ft

By Staff Correspondent
The height of the Magurch-hara gasfield flame has reduced further and come down to below 50 feet. Energy Minister Noor Uddin Khan told The Daily Star last night.
"It has definitely fallen below 50 feet." he said.
Earlier in the day. the chairman of Petrobangla informed the minister at a meeting in the ministry that the height of the flame was between 50 and 60 feet.
Our Staff Correspondent reported from Sylhet: The height of the flame of Magurchjiara gasfield Are has reduced further yesterday as the pressure of gas decreased, said an official.
Sands and small pieces of stones are still coming out alongwith the fire.
Meanwhile, an official of Occidental said that they will not be able to start dousing the
fire until the temperature of the, flame comes down. It is not possible to say right now when the fire would be brought under control, he said adding, dousing of the fire will be delayed more. He could not say when the dousing operation will begin.
He said report of the experts will be available shortly and work on plugging the (leakage) of gas. deviation drilling and development of lands will be started on the basis of their report.
Construction of the by-pass gas line is in progress, the manager of Fulbari Tea Estate said this afternoon.
If everything goes well, the by-pass line to resume gas supply to the 12 tea gardens in the surrounding areas, will be put into operation by Friday, he said. Petrobangla officials also said that work was going well to
resume gas supply at an early date.
Meanwhile, a committee set up by; the government has started work to assess the loss caused to the tea gardens, forestry, railway and the rural electrification network in the area, said an official.
BSS adds: All out measures have been taken to extinguish the gas fire in the number one well at Moulvibazar within the shortest possible time, officials of Occidental and fire fighting experts said yesterday at a meeting with Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister M Nooruddin Khan at the conference room' of the ministry.
According to an official announcement. Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, chairman of Petro-
bangla and officials concerned of the forest and environment ministry and railway also attended the meeting.
The Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources directed the authorities concerned to Immediately rehabilitate the railway tracts, control the situation and stop further deterioration of the situation.
The chairman of Petrobangla said the severity of fire has further reduced today. The flame, was now limited to 50 to 60 feet, he said.
He said the intensity of fire would gradually reduce and the process of rehabilitation of railway tracts would soon be started.