Explosion kills four at Metafrique Steel plant in Douala
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journal du Cameroun
An explosion followed by a fire at the Metafrique Steel plant in Douala killed four people and left 16 with burn injuries on the morning of 2 November. The incident happened at about 7.30am, according to Journal du Cameroun, which reported the toll given after emergency services intervened.
An explosion followed by a fire at Metafrique Steel SA, in the Douala-Bassa industrial zone, killed four people and left 16 with burn injuries on Monday 2 November at around 7.30am, reports Journal du Cameroun. The injured employees were taken to Douala General Hospital.
The governor of the Littoral Region, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua, visited the site and then the hospital to assess the damage and comfort the victims. Sources close to the hospital told Journal du Cameroun that some of those with burns were in a serious condition.
Metafrique Steel expressed its regret in a statement, without giving figures for the human or material toll. The company also referred to the origin of the incident, but the details of its statement reported by Journal du Cameroun do not make it possible to specify the cause.
