VONMOUTH [UK]: Sixteen large oil tanks containing over 150,000 tons of oil blazed furiously here tonight [Sept 6]... . Senior oil officials described the inferno as the biggest peacetime oil fire ... in this country. The 16th tank ... was set off by a huge explosion. At the same time, the wind grew stronger and fanned the blaze with new gusto. An all-county call was sent out for all the firemen who could reach the scene. One man was believed to be missing. Smoke from the blaze blacked the sky for miles. Oil workers, police and firemen worked desperately to clear store sheds and isolate the fire as the wind from the Bristol Channel fanned it towards other tanks. Senior oil officials here said: “The position looks hopeless.”

[As reported by news agencies from New Delhi,] Minister for States, Mr Gopalaswamy Ayyengar, said in the Parliament today [Sept 6] that the Government … proposed to give a loan of Rs 50 lakh to Bharat-occupied Kashmir to implement a certain development schemes there this year. The Minister … said the loan followed discussions … with the representatives of the Sheikh Abdullah Government ... recently.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2026