A fire on Saturday destroyed the BUA cement facility in Sokoto State.
Three people were killed in the fire, while three others were injured.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the inferno also destroyed other equipment and valuables.
According to NAN, the incident began on Friday morning and is still going as of the time of reporting this report.
The fire is still being fought by a joint team of federal and state firefighters.
According to preliminary evidence, the conflagration is thought to have been started by an overloaded fuel tanker.
A source confided in NAN that a worker was repairing a stationed tank when the explosion ignited.
The source said three persons died and three others sustained injuries as a result of the incident which was said to have overpowered the company’s safety officers.
When contacted, the Fire Prevention Officer of Sokoto State Fire Service, Mr Nuhu Lawal, confirmed the incident, saying they have mobilised teams, as well as moved fire fighting equipment to the location.
Lawal declined further comments, stressing that the combined teams are still making efforts to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, Mr Umar Nura-Sifawa, an official of the Federal Fire Service in Sokoto, who was also at the scene, said,” it is an ‘oil fire’ which takes a longer period to extinguish”.
Nura-Sifawa said the combined teams are trying to stop the fire from spreading to other areas beside oil compartments.
