Over 100 houses were destroyed and millions of naira in property damage were caused by a gas explosion in Jamata, Lokoja LGA, Kogi State, with the Commissioner urging caution and promising government assistance.
Eko Hot Blog reports that over a hundred houses were destroyed in a recent cooking gas explosion that rocked Jamata, a neighborhood within the Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Reports obtained on Wednesday revealed that the explosion, which occurred today, toppled structures and caused property damage worth millions of naira.
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Upon inspecting the impacted area, the Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources in Kogi State, Bashir Abubakar Gegu, expressed sorrow over the damages and urged residents to exercise caution when handling cooking gas. He emphasized, “I am urging all and sundry to abide by the rules of gas usage. This accident is avoidable, but for negligence and failure to abide by the safety rules of the use of cooking gas, this happened.”
Gegu assured the victims of the state government’s prompt and sustained assistance to help them recover and continue with their business operations.
The news of the Kogi explosion came just hours after explosions were heard at the Dangote Group refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. The cause of the fire outbreak at the refinery, which occurred this morning, could not be immediately ascertained. However, it was reported that workers at the Dangote Refinery are currently outside the section affected by the fire, with one worker heard shouting, “Gas Plenty.”
According to reports, the fire service has arrived at the section of the Dangote refinery affected by the fire.
Reacting to the fire incident in a statement to journalists, Dangote Group’s Chief Branding and Communication Officer, Anthony Chiejina, said the ‘minor’ fire incident at its effluent treatment plant has been contained.
“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today, Wednesday, 26th June.
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“There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating, and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty,” the statement added.
The Dangote refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day capacity plant producing fertiliser, Diesel and Jet A1.
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