Disaster in Esuk Utan, Calabar

At least 10 persons have now been confirmed killed in a blaze that gutted a tank farm at the Calabar Free Zone Enterprise at Esuk Utan Community in Cross River State with others sustaining various degrees of burns.

The fire which affected a tank farm, part of the Nigeria Ports Authority and the Esuk Utan Community, was said to have been triggered by an overflow of PMS (petrol) from a vessel to a tank farm around the area.

Speaking to Channels Television, some witnesses claimed that most of the people who got burnt were scooping the petroleum product.

The bodies of those killed have been moved to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital morgue while those injured are being treated.