108 Feared Dead as Illegal Refinery Explodes in Imo via thisdaylive
No fewer than 108 people were killed on Friday night, while several vehicles were burnt after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
He said: “At the moment, I can’t confirm the number of the deceased because many family members have removed the corpses of so many others.” In a statement issued yesterday, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Olufemi Ayodele, confirmed that over 100 persons died in the incident. When the News Agency of Nigeria visited the site, unidentified burnt bodies littered the area even as family members were seen evacuating the remains of their loved ones.
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