FIRE OUTBREAK AT IBADAN DEPOT…. NNPC Says Loading to Resume in 48 Hours

BY: Emmanuel Onotevure

 

"Based on preliminary indicators, loading of petroleum products would resume in the depot in a few hours”...NPSC 

“The incident would not disrupt steady petroleum products supply in Ibadan and its environs.

“Enjoins motorists not to engage in panic buying of petroleum products”.

A minor fire incident involving some fuel trucks at the loading bay of the Ibadan Depot operated by the corporation’s Downstream subsidiary, Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), has been announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Abuja.

This was made known in a statement on Wednesday, by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu.

Quoting the Managing Director of the NPSC, Mr. Luke Anele, as saying that the fire which was reported around 12.50p.m Wednesday, it was immediately brought under control by a team of NPSC fire fighters within the precinct of the facility.

According to the statement, “Anele said a team of NPSC experts are on their way to the scene of the incident to ascertain the root cause of the fire and the extent of the damage”.

The corporation assured that based on preliminary indicators, loading of petroleum products would resume in the depot in a few hours, while highlighting that the incident would not disrupt steady petroleum products supply in Ibadan and its environs.

The statement enjoined motorists not to engage in panic buying of petroleum products.