{"id":59031,"date":"2025-01-06T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59031"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:57:21","slug":"police-launches-investigation-into-gas-explosion-in-oroazi-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/06\/police-launches-investigation-into-gas-explosion-in-oroazi-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Launches Investigation into Gas Explosion in Oroazi Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rivers State Police Command has launched a full investigation into a gas explosion that injured 18 people this occurred in the Oroazi community of Port Harcourt on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred at a gas refilling shop, causing extensive damage to surrounding buildings.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is part of an alarming series of gas-related explosions and Improvised Explosive Device (IED), events reported in the state since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police, confirmed the details during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the explosion was triggered by a welder who was repairing a refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technician was using a gas cylinder to weld while also attempting to refill the refrigerator with gas, which led to the explosion,\u201d Iringe-Koko explained.<\/p>\n<p>She further reported that 18 individuals, including the technician, suffered injuries of varying severity.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, no fatalities were recorded. The injured victims, who sustained burns, were quickly taken to a nearby hospital, where they are currently receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Iringe-Koko also assured the public that a full investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway, and the police will share the findings once the inquiry is completed.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness, Tamuno, described the explosion as catastrophic, noting that among the injured were a pregnant woman, four children, and a couple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe explosion set off a chain reaction, causing additional gas cylinders in the shop to ignite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the victims were residents and passersby who happened to be close to the shop at the time,\u201d Tamuno said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that many of the injured were rushed to the Rivers State Teaching Hospital in Port Harcourt and expressed hope for their swift recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu The Rivers State Police Command has launched a full investigation into a gas explosion that injured 18 people this occurred in the Oroazi community of Port Harcourt on Sunday evening. The explosion occurred at a gas refilling shop, causing extensive damage to surrounding buildings. This incident is part of an alarming series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":59032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59033,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59031\/revisions\/59033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}