BUA Cement Addresses Fire Incident At Sokoto Diesel Depot
BUA Cement PLC has officially reacted to the fire incident that occurred at the Diesel Depot of its factor in Sokoto State.
The now under control incident happened on Friday, March 18, 2022.
A statement titled “FIRE INCIDENT – SOKOTO DIESEL DEPOT” and signed by Mr Sada Suleiman, the Assistant Director in charge of Administration Services of BUA Cement – reputed to be the largest private sector employer of labour in the North-Western part of the country – which properly addressed the development reads…
We wish to use this medium to inform the public of an isolated fire incident which occurred at a diesel storage tank farm situated in the vicinity of one of our factories in Sokoto. This incident occurred whilst routine maintenance work was ongoing on one of the storage tanks by a third-party contractor.
Immediately the incident occurred, our emergency management and mitigation services were alerted and an swift response activated, which prevented any escalation of the incident or damage to our main plant and equipment. We are however able to confirm the regrettable loss of 3 workers of the third-party contractor, who were in the immediate area of the incident.
Whilst we are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the fire outbreak at the depot which had adequate safety and control mechanisms in place, members of the Federal Fire Service, State Fire Service, and our Fire department are working together to put the incident under total control.
We would also like to note that operations at the plant and production which were shut down in the aftermath of the incident as a precautionary and preventive measure, have since resumed at the factory – which was unaffected by the incident.
We will keep the public informed through this medium of any new development.
Media enquiries should be directed to [email protected].
Signed:
Sada Suleiman
Asst. Director, Admin Services
