… says ‘no cause for alarm, only one section affected’
Only a section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was gutted by the Wednesday’s fire outbreak, the company’s management has said.
Dangote Industries Limited spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, told TheCable that the incident occurred at only the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).
An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse — to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent.
Chiejina disclosed that the inferno had been contained, stressing it was a minor incident.
According to the Dangote Industries spokesman, “We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June.
“There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty.”
Recall that on January 12, 2024, Dangote refinery commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel.
In May 2023, former President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity refinery.
