A security personnel keeps vigil after a massive fire broke out in the Indian Oil Corporation fuel depot at Sitapura Industrial area in Jaipur on Friday, 30 October 2009. The gigantic blaze kept burning for more than 12 hours and three people were killed and scores injured. A 5-kilometre area around the fire spot has been seized by the government. After burning throughout the night, the Indian Oil Corp. facility on the outskirts of Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan was still engulfed by huge flames and black smoke.

Photographer: Yatish Naik

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