THE Dangote Group has confirmed a fire incident that gutted a section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Wednesday, June 26.

The group chief branding and communications officer at Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed this in a statement to The ICIR.

He said the incident occurred at the effluent treatment plant (ETP).

An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse — to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent.

“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June.

“There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty,” Chiejina stated.

Dangote refinery commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel in January this year.

The company has also set out plans to commence production and sales of petrol products to Nigerian oil marketers after encountering earlier delays.

While the production of petrol will start from July 10 to 15 July, Dangote refinery said it would keep the product in its tank to ensure it settles before selling it to the marketers.

The company had assured that by the third week of July, it would be begin to take the petrol product to the market.

The ICIR reports that the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity Dangote refinery was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2023.