Nigeria: Port-Harcourt Blast - Only Two Barges Burnt - NEMA

22 July 2012

Two barges, one tug boat and a fishing boat were among items consumed in the multiple explosions on Friday in a vessel at Abuloma jetty, Port Harcourt.

Mr Emenike Umesi of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard on the incident, said four persons died in the explosion.

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