Huge blast at Nigerian gas plant claims at least 8 lives
1,816 views · Published 25 December 2015 · 4:49 · Indexed 15 October 2026
Channel: CGTN Africa · 2015 · News & Politics
Tens of people have been killed in an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria. The Christmas Eve blast happened when a truck was discharging butane gas at the facility in Nnewi town in Anambra state as a crowd of customers refilled gas bottles. While President Muhammadu Buhari's office has said tens of people died, there is no official death toll. One local journalist is reported to have counted 100 charred remains. Most of the dead were customers at the plant or people who lived nearby. Nnewi is known as a busy hub for trading motor vehicle spare parts. In July, 12 people died and three were injured after an explosion while doing repair work on a pipeline in the Niger Delta. Over the past decade, hundreds of people have been killed in explosions.
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