Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Explosion Rocks Wet Cargo Vessel


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A tanker vessel carrying imported   fuel was early  Wednesday morning rocked by  an explosion near  Atlas Cove  Jetty, Lagos, on the high sea.

The  cause of the  explosion and other details  in respect of the accident are yet to be   known  as at the time of filing this report.

However, sources said that rescue  operation  has started at the scene of the accident which was said to have occurred at about 1 am Wednesday.

Officials of  NNPC and  PPMC promised to issue a  press statement  later in the day giving details of   what happened and  the casualty level.

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