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Bureau of Public Enterprise premises

January 25, 2024

Overheated metal caused FCT explosion not bomb: PPRO

Ms Adeh advised the public to refrain from using metal refuse bins.

FCT commissioner of police Haruna Garba
January 24, 2024

Explosion rocks Abuja, two wounded; police say blast caused by ‘overheated’ waste bin

Preliminary findings indicate that an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat, exploded, thereby causing injury to two of the refuse evacuators.

Affected metal bin

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