{"id":524405,"date":"2026-09-30T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=524405"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:40:33","slug":"video-explosion-at-indian-refinery-sparks-massive-fire-and-towering-smoke-columns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-explosion-at-indian-refinery-sparks-massive-fire-and-towering-smoke-columns\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Explosion at Indian refinery sparks massive fire and towering smoke columns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major fire broke out Wednesday at a refinery in Mangaluru, in India\u2019s Karnataka state, after an explosion was reported at the facility. Video from the scene shows enormous columns of smoke rising from the plant as flames engulf part of the refinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local media reports, the explosion occurred in an area where high-pressure operations are carried out. Preliminary reports indicate that at least one person was killed and several others were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS KARNATAKA- <br><br>A blast like sound has been reported from the premises of Mangalore Refinery &amp; Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) in Mangaluru, with smoke reportedly seen emanating from the facility.<br><br>The exact cause and whether there are any casualties or damage are not\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2eqIqiYN1\">pic.twitter.com\/h2eqIqiYN1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sirajnoorani\/status\/2105218449014423805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major fire broke out Wednesday at a refinery in Mangaluru, in India\u2019s Karnataka state, after an explosion was reported at the facility. Video from the scene shows enormous columns of smoke rising from the plant as flames engulf part of the refinery. According to local media reports, the explosion occurred in an area where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":524406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-524405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2cq9","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/6abcf7dae9ff71380618db34.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/6abcf7dae9ff71380618db34.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}