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Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that 112 injured persons were still on admission in hospital following Saturday’s explosion of a chlorine cylinder used for water treatment at Lamingo plant of the Plateau Water Board in Plateau State.
The NEMA North-Central Coordinator, Alhaji Abdulsalami Mohammed, said on Sunday that three more persons had died, in addition to the initial five killed by the incident that also razed down many houses around the area.
The situation has normalised, but the area has been cordoned off to ward off further danger, Mohammed said.
He described the incident as very unfortunate, and said that the community around the water treatment plant would be relocated.
In fact, we have just been told that the community was initially relocated and compensated, but started coming back gradually.
This time round, once they are relocated, we shall make sure that no one is allowed to return, he said.
The Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State had expressed shock at the incident and sympathised with families of the eight persons killed after they inhaled excess chlorine.
Lalong said that the situation had been contained, and explained that steps had been taken to ensure that the contamination did not affect the quality of water being pumped to the public.
We have taken adequate steps to cleanse the main water pipes and ensure that water supplied through them is safe for human consumption, he said.
The governor said measures had also been taken to address the issue of expired components of the treatment plant to guard against a recurrence.
Courtesy of en.starafrica.com
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