Several persons have been reportedly killed as explosion reportedly rocked a gas plant in Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The sources said the incident which occurred on Friday evening also left scores of persons severely burnt with several houses razed by the inferno resulting from the incident.
It was gathered that many vehicles plying the Benin-Agbor-Asaba Expressway were also engulfed in the fire which started about 6:30pm on Friday.
It was further gathered that tens of persons were who sustained different degrees of burnt were rushed to different hospitals in the area.
It was not not clear what led to the fire but sources alleged that a customer was reportedly refilling an empty gas cylinder when suddenly fire occurred.
The gas plant, according to sources, is built within residential houses.
One of the sources claimed one of person was burnt alive while several others who sustained similar burnt died at the hospital while waiting for treatment.
It was learnt that firefighters who were immediately drafted to the scene of the incident could not curtailed the raging inferno.
When One of the sources claimed one of person was burnt alive while several others who sustained similar burnt died at the hospital while waiting for treatment.
It was learnt that firefighters who were immediately drafted to the scene of the incident could not curtailed the raging inferno.
