A gas station exploded along the Effurun section of the Warri-Sapele Road in Delta State’s Uvwie Local Government Area, injuring one person.
On Monday night, the NELMIC Gas Plant, which is located across the street from the Effurun Post Office, caught fire.
Police Public Relations Officer Bright Edafe confirmed the incident.
Eyewitnesses said the raging fire was fast spreading to neighbouring residential buildings and a popular church in the area, before the intervention of operatives from the fire service.
The cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report but the authorities say they are doing all that is necessary to determine what transpired before the fire
It is believed that an unspecified number of persons were feared dead while several others sustained injuries from the fire explosion.