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Oil Depot Fire: Jaipur, India
October 30, 2009 | Earth Observatory

Earth Observatory has a satellite image of a smoke plume streaming from a fire at an oil depot near Jaipur, India. The fire started on October 29. Six workers were killed and 150 were injured.


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