The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL Tank Farm located at Kayode Street, Marine Beach, in the Apapa area of Lagos was this Friday afternoon gutted ablaze by fire outbreak. According to an eyewitness account, Mr Tunde Are, the raging inferno started at about 11:00 am and was still raging while effort was underway to call fire service. He said people were running to the scene in hope that they might contain the fire before a rescue team arrived to the place.
Shortly, the rescue team, led by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, arrived the scene and were seen battling to put off the raging fire as of the time of filing this report.
It was gathered that the inferno was sparked as resulted from a spillage of petroleum products within the perimeter of the terminal
Confirming the incident, the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, said concerted effort with various emergency responders within the oil and gas industry was on to contain the situation.