MRPL fire: Another contract employee succumbs to burns

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Smoke emanating from the MRPL unit near Mangaluru following a blast on September 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: Video Grab

Another contract employee of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) succumbed on October 17 to injuries suffered in the fire reported on September 30 .

MRPL employees gathered outside the mortuary of a private hospital in Mangaluru where the post-mortem was being done on october 177. They gave the name of the deceased as Rajesh D’Silva, 42.

On September 30, a rupture in the cold separator operating at high pressure in the Coker Hydrotreater Unit in MRPL led to a fire around noon. The charred body of MRPL contract employee Manish Karkada, 30, was found after the fire was put out.

Mr. D’Silva was among 12 persons who were injured in the incident. He was undergoing treatment in a private hospital. He succumbed to burns on October 17 morning.

The MRPL had announced compensation of ₹1.2 crore to the family of Manish Karkada. It also announced ₹5 lakh health insurance cover to each MRPL contract employee and his/her family members.

The company informed the stock exchanges — BSE and NSE — that the ‘ financial impact’ of the fire incident was provisionally estimated at ₹118.76 crore.

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