Yesterday’s chlorine cylinder explosion at the
state government’s water treatment plant at
the Lamingo water dam in Jos, Plateau state,
left 14 people dead, with over a hundred
sustaining varying degrees of injuries from
poisonous gas inhalation.
The cylinder exploded at about 11.30 pm on
Friday while people were asleep, The Punch
reports, and the gaseous substance enveloped
the entire neighbourhood.
On Saturday, Emmanuel Nanle, director of
press and public affairs to governor Simon
Lalong, issued a statement on behalf of the
state government regarding the incident.
Affected persons are receiving treatment at
“OLA Hospital, Evangel Hospital (Jankwano),
Plateau Specialist Hospital, and Airforce
Hospital. Some of the victims on hospital
admission have been discharged,” the
statement read, in part.
“The contamination has been contained and
does not affect the water which has been
supplied to public mains. Water from the
public mains is safe for consumption and is
not affected in anyway by the aerial
contamination of chlorine from the exploded
cylinder.
“Government wishes to commiserate with the
families of the victims of this industrial hazard
and has taken immediate measures to address
the issues of expired components of the
treatment plant and to guard against future
re-occurrence of this unfortunate incident,” the
statement read.
The Saturday’s statement put the figure of
fatalities at eight; however, Thisday and The
Punch published Melvin Ejeh, executive director
of a NGO, Global Peace and Life Rescue
Initiative’s, update after he visited the scene:
he said the death toll from the incident has
gone up over 14 persons. The Punch also
indicates that, according to eyewitnesses, no
less than 160 people were injured due to
excess chlorine gas inhalation.
Ejeh has commended the Plateau state
government for paying the medical bills of the
hospitalised victims of the incident.
A pregant woman, children and students were
among the victims, as well as staff of the
Nigeria Immigration Service, all residents or
workers of areas not far from the plant.
Speaking to The Punch, Nangor Ndam, PR
manager of Plateau state water board, said the
cylinder must have been leaking prior to the
incident, but nobody noticed it until it was too
late.
The Saturday’s tragedy is the third time that
expired dangerous gas would escape from
cylinders stored at the warehouse.

http://www.naij.com/498758-jos-chemical-explosion-14-killed-hundred-hospitalized-inhaling-poisonous-gas.html


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