Four people have reportedly died in an explosion at a gas plant in Agbor, Delta State, which also injured 11 other people.
The state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has confirmed this to journalists on Saturday after visiting the plant, and affected families.
Describing the incident as unfortunate the governor promised that his administration would take care of the hospital bills of the victims, who had referred to a specialised centre for the treatment of burns at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
“It was an unfortunate fire incident involving a gas station where the tanker was trying to discharge gas. We have visited the place and the victims and we have seen the extent of damage caused by the inferno. We lost four persons, three children and a woman.
“After my visit to the two families that lost their dear ones, I also visited the Central Hospital at Agbor where they were initially rushed to with varying degree of burns ranging from 80 to 90 per cent.
“They were immediately offered medical services even though they wouldn’t have been able to attend to them because of the extent of the burns so they have to transfer them to the Federal Medical Centre Asaba and the University of Benin Teaching Hospital with aid of ambulances provided by the State Government,” Okowa said.
