BREAKING: NNPC depot on fire!!

BREAKING: NNPC depot on fire

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
depot in Suleja, Niger state was on fire
early this morning, News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) is reporting.

Mr Mohammad Kwale, the officer in
charge of the service in Suleja, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Sunday that the outbreak affected the
loading section in the depot.

”The outbreak started around 4:30am
when we were called. By 5:00am we have
put out the fire.

”An articulated vehicle was burnt while
the loading canopy and some pipes were
damaged. No life was, however, lost in
the incidence,” he told NAN.

A resident of Maje, Malam Garba
Magaji, a settlement few metres away
from the depot, told NAN that a loud
explosion woke up the residents this
morning, adding that they later
understood it was from the depot.

”The explosion was like bomb. But a
colleague of mine later informed me that
it was the tyre of an articulated vehicle
that bust at the loading bay.

”The depot has been sealed and fire
service officials and the road safety are
at the scene,” another eyewitness said.