Popular Gas plant explodes in Delta community

A popular cooking gas plant, NELMIC Gas Plant, located along Effurun/Sapele road in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State was on Monday gutted by fire.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the gas station identified as NELMIC Gas Plant, located opposite the Effurun Post Office, got afflamed at about 10:30pm on Monday night.

The cause of the fire explosion could not be immediately ascertained.

Eyewitnesses observed that a thunderous sound was heard before the fire explosion which grounded the gas plant to ashes.

The intervention of operatives of fire service halted the spread of the fiery flame to neihgbouring residential buildings and a popular church in the area.

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