2 dead in Assam oil well fire, may take 4 weeks to douse

A massive fire erupted in a damaged oil field in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday. The oil well, part of Baghjan oil fields, had suffered damage after a blowout on May 27 and has been spewing gas since then.

The blaze at the Oil India Ltd's oil well was so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than four kilometres, eyewitnesses said.