Six persons have been killed following a gas explosion at an illegal refinery in Owaza community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.
It was gathered that the victims had stormed the illegal oil refining site in the community where they tried using a gas cylinder to disconnect an oil pot to steal oil. However, the gas cylinder exploded and burnt them to death on the spot.
As at the time of filing this report, charred bodies of the victims littered the site, even as people have been trooping into the site for sightseeing as they are yet to be evacuated.
According to community sources; “The six victims went to an illegal oil refinery site where they tried using a gas cylinder to open an oil pot to steal oil but the cylinder exploded and killed them on the spot. None of them can be identified because they were burnt beyond recognition. People are still trooping to the site to see their bodies.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.
