Tragedy as 100 burnt alive in Nnewi factory disaster.

Industrial town of Nnewi, Anambra State was, yesterday,plunged into mourning when over 100 people were burnt to ashes in a fire disaster, which occurred at inter corp Oil Limited(an LPG gas plant). Eyewitness accounts said the fire, which started at about 11:00am, was triggered by an explosion which occurred when a truck attempted to discharge it's content without waiting for the mandatory cooling time while customers were said to be refilling at the same time. All the people at the gs plant were allegedly burnt to ashes while some of the victims who were in the neighbourhood and passers-by were caught in the ferno.Burnt remains and other badly burnt people were rushed to Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital(NAUTH),Nnewi, while the heavy inferno didn't allow rescue workers gain assess into the factory where the majority of the victims allegedly to be in their hundreds,were trapped. All efforts to get the attention of the Anambra State Fire Service didn't yield any positive result but a fire officer,Mrs Mary Ofia excused fire service personnel when the she claimed that the fire truck was vandalised by angry mob when they went for an Operation at Nkpor. Apart from lives lost to the inferno, many buildings and over 50 vehicles around the gas plant were equally affected and some dead victims were actually recovered in their homes.