NAF to investigate cause of fire involving Jet A-1 fuel dump

By Blessing Wika, Abuja

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has said that it has instituted investigation to unravel the immediate and remote causes of a fire incident involving a Jet A-1 fuel dump located at its Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja.

The NAF Spokesperson, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the fire incident was reported at about 0800 hours yesterday, Wednesday May 10, 2023.

He explained that although located on NAF Premises, the fuel facility is owned and operated by Messer Geometrics Synergy Services Limited under a ‘Build, Operate and Transfer’ ownership agreement.

According to him, “The fire, which created an explosion from the fuel tanks, has since been put out by the combined efforts of Fire Services from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Federal Fire Service, and the NAF Fire Service.