JUST IN: Fire Incident, 3 Dead At The Sokoto Diesel Depot

ALPHA NEWS NG gathered that a fire incident occurred at a diesel storage tank farm situated in the vicinity of one of BUA’s factories in Sokoto.

While the maintenance work was ongoing, the fire incident occurred on one of the storage tanks by a third-party contractor.

The emergency management and mitigation services were alerted immediately the fire incident began, and a swift response activated, which prevented any escalation of the incident or damage to the main plant and equipment.

As at the time of filling this report, 3 workers of the third-party contractor has been confirmed dead. It was noted that they were in the immediate area of the incident.

Members of the Federal Fire Service, State Fire Service are working together to put the incident under total control. We are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the fire outbreak at the depot.

Details later…