PHOTOS: ‘Minor Fire’ Touches Dangote Refinery Effluent Plant

A ‘minor fire’ touched a section of Dangote Refinery effluent plant.

Glamtush reports that a “minor fire” incident was recorded at the effluent treatment plant of the Dangote Refinery located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Wednesday.

The fire was immediately put out as firefighters and first responders swiftly rose to the occasion.

Viral videos showed thick plume of smoke billowing into the sky from the facility located at the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos.

In a statement, the Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina, said operations at the refinery was not affected in anyway.

He said the company had contained the minor fire at its effluent treatment plant that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday.

“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June,” he said.

The $20bn facility sited in Lagos and owned by the billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote commenced operations last December with 350,000 barrels a day. The refinery hopes to achieve its full capacity of 650,000 barrels per day by the end of the year.

The refinery has begun the supply of diesel and aviation fuel to marketers in the country while petrol supply is expected to commence mid-July.