Overview
- A loud, explosion-like boom shook Mangaluru on Wednesday, September 30, with thick black smoke seen rising from the MRPL Jokatte/Phase‑III area.
- Firefighters and multiple fire tenders rushed to the site and ambulances were dispatched as MRPL officials confirmed an incident occurred inside the refinery premises.
- Residents in nearby localities reported tremor-like sensations and broken window panes, but official casualty and structural-damage figures remain unverified.
- Local authorities ordered visual inspections at Mangaluru airport and asked hospitals to be ready while elected representatives and district officials monitored the response.
- MRPL is a large ONGC-owned refinery with integrated Phase‑III petrochemical units and investigators are working to determine the cause and the full extent of damage.