Almost 17 hours later, the fire at the Indian Oil depot continued to rage, with six people still trapped and officials saying nine people could have been killed and nearly 150 injured.

The blaze, which broke out at 7.15 pm following a minor earthquake, has engulfed the nearby Agro food centre and a power grid. The fire, at the Sitapur industrial area near Jaipur, was of great intensity and the flames could be seen from a distance of over 15 km.