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Panoli GIDC Fire at Supreme Petrochem, Bharuch: Three Workers Seriously Burnt After Blast During Oil Distillation, Preliminary Information Says; Cause Under Investigation

On Wednesday, 4 November 2026, a blast and fierce fire hit a company reported as Supreme Petrochem in the Panoli industrial estate (GIDC), Ankleshwar, Bharuch district, Gujarat. Three outlets reported that three workers were seriously burnt; they were taken to a private hospital, at Kharod according to one report. Preliminary information in two of the reports is that gas formed during oil distillation caused a blast and the fire followed; Sandesh says no official cause has come out and it is not known whether it was a technical fault or a reaction. About seven fire fighting units worked to stop the fire spreading to neighbouring companies, and the first priority was to cool the chemical storage tanks. The Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the police reached the site and are checking whether the fire safety equipment worked. It was the second day running of a serious fire in the Ankleshwar-Panoli belt, after a fire at a solvent distillation plant in Ankleshwar GIDC on 3 November. The workers' condition, the damage, the time the fire was controlled and any statement from the company are not reported.