Eight people were
killed and around 100 needed hospital treatment after inhaling chlorine gas
following an explosion at a water treatment plant in Jos, the Plateau state government said on Saturday.
A chlorine cylinder
exploded at the Lamingo Water Board treatment plant around 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) on
Saturday, Plateau state spokesman Samuel Nanle said.
"Eight people have
been confirmed dead as a result of the inhalation of the contaminated
air," he said, adding that 101 people had received hospital treatment for
chlorine inhalation.
"The contamination
has been contained and does not affect the water which has been supplied to
public mains," said Nanle.
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