No Fewer Than Six Persons Reported Dead In Abia Gas Explosion

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No Fewer Than Six Persons Reported Dead In Abia Gas Explosion
No Fewer Than Six Persons Reported Dead In Abia Gas Explosion

At least, no fewer than six persons have reported to have died in a gas explosion that occurred in Owaza, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.

Initial report has it that the incident occurred at about 9:50am, on Sunday, when the victims were reportedly engaging in an illegal oil refining at a site in Owaza.

They were said to have used a gas cylinder to disconnect an oil pot which exploded in the process and killed the six on the spot.

However, a source from the area disclosed that the deceased were not involved in illegal oil refining.

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The source, who gave his name as Ekele Chukwu, said when the military dislodged oil bunkers in the area sometime ago, a man from a community in Rivers State (which shares boundary with Owaza), who was among the oil bunkers, dismantled his oil pots and packed them in a compound at Owaza.

Chukwu said, on Sunday, the man whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, contracted a wielder to dismember the pots, so he could put them to other uses.

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The source said it was in the process of dismembering the oil pots that the gas cylinder they were using exploded, killing four people instantly and seriously injuring two others.

“The victims were not involved in oil bunkering as have been erroneously reported in some quarters.

The truth remains that a man from a community in Rivers state, which shares boundary with Owaza, was among those involved in oil bunkering who were dislodged by the military sometime ago.

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“He packed his oil pots in a compound in Owaza and, on Sunday morning, he came with a wielder to dismember the pots, probably, he wanted them for other purposes. It was in the process of dismembering the pots that the gas cylinder exploded, killing four people instantly, including the owner of the pots, and injuring two others.”


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There are fears that the two people injured in the explosion may have also died in hospital because of the severity of their wounds.


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