Dangote Refinery has said no casualty was recorded as fire broke out at a section of the facility Wednesday morning.
A trending video seen by Iwitnesslive showed a cloud of thick smoke billowing into the sky from the facility, a sound of an explosion could also be heard in the video but the Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina, who confirmed the fire incident insisted there was no cause for alarm as the inferno had since been curtailed.
He said the company had contained the minor fire at its effluent treatment plant that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday.
“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June,” he said.
Chiejina also stressed that the refinery is still operating and no injury or body harm is recorded.
“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,” he added.
The video:
https://x.com/NigeriaStories/status/1805955974349406308
