A fire broke out at a section of the Lagos-based Dangote Refinery on Wednesday afternoon, June 26, 2024, causing alarm in the surrounding community.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing massive plumes of smoke and hearing loud noises from the refinery’s direction.
Nairametrics reported that the fire started around noon in the refinery’s effluent plant.
Videos circulating on social media showed thick black smoke rising from the affected area of the complex.
Another video revealed that most of the refinery was not impacted, with engineers on-site watching the smoke billow into the sky.
As of this report, emergency responders from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) had not yet arrived at the scene.
Owned by Aliko Dangote, Dangote Refinery is a major player in Nigeria‘s oil industry and is set to become the largest single-train refinery in the world.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the fire’s cause and its effect on the refinery’s operations.
Fire Contained
In a press statement, the Dangote Group announced that it had contained what it described as a “minor fire incident” at the effluent plant.
“Dangote Refinery contains minor fire at its effluent treatment plant.
“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday, 26th June