ANOTHER CALAMITY ! Rivers State Turns Bloody As 25 Youths Are Burned Alive, Several Other Seriously Injured, See Details
A terrible explosion caused by an illicit oil tapping point rocked the town of Omoku in Rivers State on Sunday morning. Omoku is located in the Ogba/Egebema/Ndoni Local Government Area. Tragically, at least 25 lives were lost in the disaster, which was a terrible period for the area.
A gang of teenagers allegedly broke into a pipeline belonging to a local multinational oil company, causing the disaster that followed. They pounced on the chance and began the illegal process of transferring gasoline into buckets and jerrycans. Sadly, things went wrong, killing several and injuring many more with burns of varied severity.
” It is a tragic situation, ” communicated the source, who talked to PUNCH on anonymity, while conveying the gravity of the incident. Just picture 25 lives lost in that span. Some young people broke into a company’ s pipeline, we found out. As they sought treatment for their wounds, the wounded were scattered among many local hospitals.
The blaze broke out when someone tried to light mosquito coils, according to another source. The suspects were believed to be oil thieves. An old pipeline connected to one of the local oil businesses was the source of the leak, which quickly became a disastrous event that killed people and damaged property.
