Pipeline in a private oil company in Ballsh caught fire, due to which a worker suffered burns. The same employee, the 51-year-old Viktor Ballaj passed away Sunday, 29 days after he was injured by the explosion of flames in the oil well in Ballsh.

During the work process, the oil decanting depot caught fire on the supply pipeline and Ballaj suffered severe burns to his body from the flames from the explosion of the oil decantation pipeline. He was alone at the time of the incident and burned 40% of his body.

On May 6, the Court of Fier decided the security measure'Obligation to appear at Court' for the head of technical security at the decanting sector in an oil company, Erion Alushaj.

The 40-year-old Erion Alushaj was charged with the criminal offense of ‘Violating the rules of protection at work’, as he had not taken measures for technical safety.

In the village of Kash in Mallakastra, a pipeline caught fire after the explosion of a centrifugal pump in the decanting sector of the oil company and as a result the production operator Viktor Ballaj, 50 years old, suffered severe burns, reported the Albaniandailynews.com earlier.