Coming on the heels of an explosion that took place two weeks ago at the tank farms located around the Kirikiri residential area, there are indications that the Federal Government may have taken an interest in the incidence as men of the Federal Fire Service were reported to have visited the tank farms recently.
A petroleum tanker had two weeks ago exploded at the entrance of a truck park belonging to one of the tank farms; Techno Oil, thereby throwing the whole area into pandemonium.
Coming on the heels of an explosion that took place two weeks ago at the tank farms located around the Kirikiri residential area, there are indications that the Federal Government may have taken an interest in the incidence as men of the Federal Fire Service were reported to have visited the tank farms recently.
A petroleum tanker had two weeks ago exploded at the entrance of a truck park belonging to one of the tank farms; Techno Oil, thereby throwing the whole area into pandemonium.
Shipping Position Daily however gathered from sources around the tank farm last week that the incident has triggered renewed interest of the government as it last week sent safety experts to the depots with the intention of ascertaining the preparedness of the depots in the case of future fire disasters.
A source at the depot who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the inspection by the fire fighter slasted for hours during which all loading of products was suspended.
He confirmed that the group visited Techno Oil, Bovas petroleum, Swift Oil, Index Oil and Fatgbems petroleum limited.
According to the source, the depots had suspended all loading activities for a week after the last explosion that was caused by a petroleum tanker.
“We want to ensure safety first and that is why we did not load product since last week, we just resumed loading this week again” the source said.
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