BUA Cement has said the three workers killed in an explosion at its factory in Sokoto on Friday were working for an outside contractor on routine maintenance work.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how three people lost their lives while several others were seriously injured during the inferno.
In statements sent to this newspaper by Sada Sulaiman, deputy director of the Administration Service, the company He said the explosion was an isolated fire incident at a diesel storage tank at the factory.
“Immediately the incident occurred, our emergency management and mitigation services were alerted and a rapid response was activated, which prevented any escalation of the incident or damage to our main plant and equipment. However, we can confirm the unfortunate loss of 3 third-party contractor workers, who were in the immediate area of the incident,” said Sulaiman.
However, he noted that the actual cause of the explosion has not been determined.
“While we have yet to determine the exact cause of the fire outbreak in the warehouse that had adequate security and control mechanisms, members of the Federal Fire Service, the State Fire Service and our Fire department are working together to put the incident under control. Total control.
“We would also like to point out that operations at the plant and production that were shut down after the incident as a precautionary and preventive measure have since resumed at the factory, which was not affected by the incident,” it added.