Refinery
Dangote refinery, Lekki — minor licensed-refinery fire
26 June 2024
Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
What happened
A fire broke out at the effluent-treatment plant of the Dangote refinery in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos. The company said the fire was swiftly contained with no injuries and no interruption to refinery operations; the cause was under investigation. This was a minor accidental incident at a licensed industrial refinery, not an attack.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Refinery
- Latitude
- 6.4400°
- Longitude
- 3.5500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
