Full story of Nnewi gas explosion today

Tragedy occurred,today in the
industrial town of Nnewi, Anambra state when an
industrial Gas plant suddenly exploded and with over
100 persons burnt to death.
The explosion rocked the Inter Corp Oil limited(LPG
Gas Plant), an subsidiary of Chikason Group.
According to an eye-witness, the fire incident which
started at about 11am, was caused by an explosion
that occured when a truck was making an attempt to
discharge its contents without waiting for the
mandatory cooling time.
It was gathered that tanker was discharging at a time
when customers were said to be refilling their gas
cylinders.
The source hinted that all the customers who went to
the gas plant to get a refill were allegedly burnt to
ashes while some of the victims who were in the
neighborhood and passers-by also got caught in the
inferno.
At the scen e of the incident, the charred bodies of
the victims and other badly affected burnt persons in
the vicinity of the gas plant were taken to Nnamdi
Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi
while the heavy inferno did not allow rescue workers
gain assess into the factory where the majority of the
victims allegedly to be in their hundreds are trapped