Strange Fog Envelopes Lagos
Africasia
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Lagos (Nigeria):
Officials in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos have launched an inquiry into a mystery fog that caused panic, city environment commissioner Tunji Bello said Thursday.
"We have visited the dump sites and the industries to see if the fumes emanated from there but have not found anything yet," Bello told AFP.
"Our experts are still working. Somebody might have dropped a substance overnight that caused the fumes. We are not ruling out anything," he said.
He said there have been no reports of respiratory problems or illness as a result of the fumes, which enveloped large areas of the city on Wednesday.
"We took a very necessary step to alert the public. The good thing is that the fog has cleared," he added.
The government ordered the closure of all schools in the central areas of the city.
It also appealed to companies and institutions to allow any workers with respiratory problems to go home immediately because of what it described as a "high concentration of gas in the air."
Officials had earlier attributed the incident to a petroleum pipeline rupture between Mosimi and Atlas Cove jetty, but the state-run oil giant NNPC, owners of the facility, denied this.
Oct 13, 2005
Africasia
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Lagos (Nigeria):
Officials in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos have launched an inquiry into a mystery fog that caused panic, city environment commissioner Tunji Bello said Thursday.
"We have visited the dump sites and the industries to see if the fumes emanated from there but have not found anything yet," Bello told AFP.
"Our experts are still working. Somebody might have dropped a substance overnight that caused the fumes. We are not ruling out anything," he said.
He said there have been no reports of respiratory problems or illness as a result of the fumes, which enveloped large areas of the city on Wednesday.
"We took a very necessary step to alert the public. The good thing is that the fog has cleared," he added.
The government ordered the closure of all schools in the central areas of the city.
It also appealed to companies and institutions to allow any workers with respiratory problems to go home immediately because of what it described as a "high concentration of gas in the air."
Officials had earlier attributed the incident to a petroleum pipeline rupture between Mosimi and Atlas Cove jetty, but the state-run oil giant NNPC, owners of the facility, denied this.
Oct 13, 2005
