An explosion near a tank farm on the Abonema Wharf axis of Port Harcourt, River State’s capital, has destroyed properties and goods worth millions of naira.
Residents who use the makeshift buildings to store petroleum products and other flammable substances, which ignite fire at the slightest mistake, according to the state government.
Dr. Peter Medee, the Rivers State Commissioner for Energy, told Our Reporter that the government is considering demolishing makeshift structures in the vicinity of petroleum tank farms.
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Other unapproved locations will be demolished to prevent the outbreak from reoccurring, he added.
The fire at the Abonnema Warf in Port Harcourt comes less than a week after a fire destroyed several trucks at an exhibit dump jointly owned by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Iriebe, along the Port Harcourt-Aba Express Way in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
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