Over 100 people were reportedly burnt to death in a fire incident
that occurred in Nnewi, Anambra State on Wednesday, December 24. The
disaster occurred at Inter Corp Oil Limited (an LPG gas plant).
The inferno started around 11 am, by an explosion which occurred
when a truck attempted to discharge its contents without waiting for the
mandatory cooling time while customers were said to be refilling at the
same time.
All the people at the gas plant were allegedly burnt to ashes while
some of the victims who were in the neighbourhood and passersby were
caught in the inferno.
Burnt remains and other badly burnt people were rushed 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, were
trapped.
All efforts to get the attention of the Anambra State Fire Service
did not yield any positive result but a fire officer, Mrs Mary Ofia
excused fire service personnel when she claimed that the fire truck was
vandalised by angry mob when they went for an operation at Nkpor, Daily
Sun reports,
Apart from lives lost to the inferno, many buildings and over 50
vehicles around the gas plant were equally affected and some dead
victims were actually recovered in their homes.
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