Fire outbreak destroys homes, shops in Port Harcourt
The fire outbreak according to eyewitnesses was caused by illegally refined Kerosene fondly called Kpo-fire stored in the building.An eyewitness told DAILY POST that the inferno would have extended to other buildings but for the intervention of the Fire Service from the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA in Port Harcourt.
A victim of the fire incident said, “When the fire started, we started calling the Rivers state Fire Service but they did not respond. We decided to help ourselves but the fire was increasing until one neighbour that works in NPA had to call their fire service. “In few minutes they came and quenched the fire. If they had not come, the damage would have been worse than this.Kpo fire is the substandard brand of petroleum products made by local crude oil refiners in the Niger-Delta.
Many homes in Rivers state and the Niger-Delta at large depend on the Kerosene made from Kpo fire because it is cheap and according to many, burns slower than Kerosene sold at authorized filling stations.
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