A fire outbreak in a recycling factory in Abule Ododo, along the Papalanto-Ilaro Road in Ogun State has reportedly killed three workers.
According to The PUNCH, the facility caught fire on Sunday when the lid of a charged machine fell, causing an explosion.
It was also gathered that the three factory workers on duty were burnt to death as a result of the fire outbreak.
She said, “There was a fire incident around 7pm yesterday (Sunday), and this happened due to the failure of the company to follow standard operating procedure.
“The company is trying to cover it up; they did not call the attention of the fire service to it since yesterday (Sunday). They want to hide the truth from the public.”
As of 4 p.m. on Monday, the flames had not been totally extinguished.
The Director of the fire service in Ogun State, Fatai Adefala said that no fire stations in the state had received a complaint about the fire incident.
Also, the state Commissioner for the Environment, Ola Oresanya, said efforts to reach the owners of the facility provided abortive even after their officials had visited the scene of the incident.
He confirmed that three people died while several workers sustained varying degrees of injury.
He said, “The incident happened due to the lackadaisical attitude of Bonny Pie Limited and when the incident happened, many of the workers were not allowed to go out. As of the time we got there, three people had died, while several others were injured.
“Many of those on duty were injured, but we have not been able to establish how many were on duty. It is only the business owners that can tell us the number of people that were injured, but they are on the run and not available to give any information concerning the incident.”
Additionally, it was learned that the injured were taken to the hospital while the dead were placed in the General Hospital, Ilaro, morgue.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, did not take his calls which rang out several times.
