An oil refinery suddenly exploded, the flames became very fierce in an instant, spreading throughout the factory, burning all the way to the fuel storage depot, the whole world became a crematorium, more than 100 people screamed in despair to escape, and finally burned alive!
The sound of the earth-shaking explosion spread throughout the community, even the government was alarmed, the fire truck rushed to extinguish the fire, but they were all frightened by the scene of "hell on earth" in front of them - the black smoke in the sky, full of fire, engulfed the panicked fleeing people step by step, and finally turned into a scorched corpse with a different face!
According to the latest foreign media reports, this tragedy occurred on the evening of April 22, Nigeria, Africa's largest crude oil producer, an illegal oil refinery in Imo State, which is a Nigerian delta, close to forest.
There is a serious problem of illegal oil refining in the region, and many unscrupulous businessmen have set up refineries in remote areas to evade government regulation and tax responsibilities, and recruit workers to refine oil, but the working and living conditions are very dangerous. However, forced by unemployment and poverty, many locals are also unable to care about safety and security, and have joined in.
The explosion occurred at night, but there were many people who processed and refined oil all night, and the fire happened very suddenly, and many people did not react at the first time, and they were trapped in the raging fire.
Surrounded by forest terrain, trees, branches, leaves are all combustible, the refinery is full of oil and fuel, and the fire spreads in the blink of an eye.
The fire spread rapidly, the crimson flames illuminated the sky, and the workers' footsteps were trapped little by little, eventually becoming a black dot in the flames, and then fell down, turning into a scorched corpse, unable to recognize the appearance of the person.
Eze Ikedi, a resident who witnessed the explosion, recalled in an interview with local media that the explosion probably occurred around 11 p.m. last night, and he woke up in the middle of the night to be frightened by the flames outside the window.
He got up and looked out the window only to find that the nearby Abez Forest was shrouded in "great flames," and "the fire even sneaked into the bushes, and we could all see that there were people inside, but no one escaped." ”
Many relatives heard about the explosion in the refinery, and the first time they came to claim the remains of the victims, they were collected and buried at home, and the death toll in this part has not yet been counted.
Nigeria's National Petroleum Resources Commissioner, Goodluck Opiah, said the blast took the lives of many young people.
"At this time, I can't determine the number of people who died."
The owner of the "deadly refinery," OkensaYOni Walker, is now wanted by the Imo state government.
The illegal crude oil refining industry has a fatal consequence, and this crude oil is usually taken from the crisscrossing pipelines of large oil companies, and refined into oil products in simple storage tanks. The procedures are complex and dangerous, and have caused many fatal accidents.