Dibrugarh: A pipeline of Oil India Limited(OIL) was bursted at Halmari Dighalia gaon in Assam's Tingkhong of Dibrugarh on Monday night.
The incident occured at around 10 pm on Monday.
According to sources, crude oil spilled in the area after the burst in the pipeline.
"We have heard a loud sound at around 10 pm. When we came out of our home, we have seen that the pipeline of OIL was bursted and crude oil has been spilling. Fire tenders from OIL came immediately to control the excessive spilling of crude oil," said Monimanik Gogoi, local resident.
He said, "The pipeline were too old and the Oil India should replace them. We have around 50 oil well in our village including 2 OCS and 1 DCS. The OIL should take necessary steps to replace the pipes,".
"A big incident can happened due to the burst in the pipeline but it was averted due to the timely intervention of the department," he said.