state when an industrial Gas plant suddenly exploded and with over 100
persons burnt to death.
The explosion rocked the Inter Corp Oil limited(LPG Gas Plant), an
subsidiary of Chikason Group.
According to an eye-witness, the fire incident which started at about
11am, was caused by an explosion that occured when a truck was making
an attempt to discharge its contents without waiting for the mandatory
cooling time.
It was gathered that tanker was discharging at a time when customers
were said to be refilling their gas cylinders.
The source hinted that all the customers who went to the gas plant to
get a refill were allegedly burnt to ashes while some of the victims
who were in the neighborhood and passers-by also got caught in the
inferno.
At the scen e of the incident, the charred bodies of the victims and
other badly affected burnt persons in the vicinity of the gas plant
were taken to Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi
while the heavy inferno did not allow rescue workers gain assess into
the factory where the majority of the victims allegedly to be in their
hundreds are trapped.
-Vanguard
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