Bunkering fire explosion kills seven in Delta community

Seven persons were reportedly killed while many others secured varying degrees of injuries during a fire incident at an illegal crude oil refining site in Otor-Edo community, Ughelli South council area of Delta state at the weekend.

When The Nation visited the community, the reception from those with whom the first contacts were made was rather cold as most people would rather not speak or entertain strangers asking questions about the ‘unfortunate incident’: some yelled at the reporter while others ran off at his sight.

“Seven people died in the fire and many others got injured, it is a serious matter and that is why nobody will speak of it. People from different places are involved in it”, he said, almost in whispers.The Nation gathered that a team from the Joint Task Force , Operation Delta Safe , had recently visited the illegal refining site, destroying it and all the equipment used in the illegal activities going on in the place.

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