Explosions, Fire Guts YemKem Herbal Factory In Lagos
News reaching us right now is that Leading manufacturing company of herbal products,Yem-kem has just suffered a massive loss as its factory,located in Bada,Ayobo area of Lagos has just been burnt down to ashes in a fire explosion that started sometime around 6:30 pm yesterday
According to workers, the fire reportedly started when a drum full of ethanol, exploded. The company had taken delivery of 520 tanks of ethanol today.
The YemKem Office, two other houses and a local primary school (Liberty Primary School) got burnt. Fortunately, no life was reported lost.
There are also reports of shooting: the policemen try to disperse the gathering crowd, as firefighters arrive the scene.
More details soon.
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Very unfortunate!
ReplyDeleteOh! Very unfortunate
ReplyDeleteWhat a loss!take heart.
ReplyDeleteWhat a loss!take heart.
ReplyDeleteVery unfortunate. Just imagining d cost of rebuilding such a factory.
ReplyDeleteSo unfortunate. I just hope dat there is a strong Insurance policy to cover d extent of damage. My heart reach out to everyone dat suffered a loss including baba Liberty & d houses mentioned. God ll continue to protect us IJN.
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