3 die in fire accident at BUA diesel storage tank

BUA Cement has confirmed the death of three workers during the fire incident at its diesel storage tank inside it’s Sokoto factory.

In a statement signed by BUA’s Assistant Director, Admin Services, Sada Suleiman, the organisation said the three dead workers belong to a third-party contractor.

According to the statement, while the cause of the accident was still unknown, work have resumed at the affected plant.

“We wish to use this medium to inform the public of an isolated fire incident which occurred at a diesel storage tank farm situated in the vicinity of one of our factories in Sokoto. This incident occurred whilst routine maintenance work was ongoing on one of the storage tanks by a third-party contractor.

“Immediately the incident occurred, our emergency management and mitigation services were alerted, and a swift response activated, which prevented any escalation of the incident or damage to our main plant and equipment. We are, however, able to confirm the regrettable loss of 3 workers of the third-party contractor, who were in the immediate area of the incident.

“Whilst we are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the fire outbreak at the depot which had adequate safety and control mechanisms in place, members of the Federal Fire Service, State Fire Service, and our Fire department are working together to put the incident under total control.

We would also like to note that operations at the plant and production which were shut down in the aftermath of the incident as a precautionary and preventive measure, have since resumed at the factory – which was unaffected by the incident,” the statement read.