Lightning Sets NNPC Depot On Fire -

Fire on Wednesday engulfed the Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation deport in
the Pogo area of Minna and consumed one
of the storage tanks before it was brought
under control
Although the cause of the fire was not
made public by the depot officials, our
correspondent gathered that it might have
resulted from the lightning that struck the
facility during torrential rain at about
8.30pm
Eyewitnesses said the inferno lasted for
over four hours before it was put off by the
joint efforts of the depot fire fighters and
men of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps.
It was learnt that the thunder arrestor of
the tank that was struck by thunder was
stolen few months ago.
Two of the thunder arrestors were said to
have been stolen from the depot in
February, forcing the management, in a
memo to the security firm handling the
facility, to ban workers of a contracting
company from entering the facility.
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