Chimara BygoldFollowing Friday morning fire incident that killed at least three people, including one expatriate, BUA in a statement said the fire incident occurred ”whilst routine maintenance work was ongoing on one of the storage tanks by a third-party contractor.’’
A statement signed by BUA’s Assistant Director of Admin. Services, Mr Sada Suleiman explained that the diesel storage tank farm is located in the vicinity of one of its factories in Sokoto and that its emergency management and mitigation services were alerted, and a swift response activated as the fire occurred.
According to Suleiman, a swift response ”prevented any escalation of the incident or damage to our main plant and equipment.
”We are, however, able to confirm the regrettable loss of three workers of the third-party contractor, who were in the immediate area of the incident.
‘’Whilst we are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the fire outbreak at the depot which had adequate safety and control mechanisms in place, members of the Federal Fire Service, State Fire Service, and our Fire department are working together to put the incident under total control.
‘’We would also like to note that operations at the plant and production which were shut down in the aftermath of the incident as a precautionary and preventive measure, have since resumed at the factory – which was unaffected by the incident.
‘’We will keep the public informed through this medium of any new development.”
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