{"id":777041,"date":"2020-01-05T19:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T19:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/05\/what-caused-kaduna-gas-explosion-dpr\/"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T19:20:30","slug":"what-caused-kaduna-gas-explosion-dpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/05\/what-caused-kaduna-gas-explosion-dpr\/","title":{"rendered":"What Caused Kaduna Gas Explosion: DPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_728065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728065\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-728065\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ig.png\" alt=\"Scene of the explosion at Igando\" width=\"263\" height=\"405\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-728065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scene of the explosion at Igando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that illegal transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas, to cylinders caused the Saturday explosion in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion which claimed more than five lives, including Simon Mallam, chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, occurred at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, Paul Osu, DPR\u2019s head of public affairs, said, \u201cIn line with our regulatory oversight on the oil and gas industry, the agency immediately mobilised our staff to the scene to investigate the cause of the explosion. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Gas Explosion Leave Several Persons Dead In Kaduna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to inform the public that we are carrying out further investigations on the incident, and we will update as soon as we conclude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to members of the public to continue to assist in reporting the activities of illegal operators to the nearest DPR office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene of the explosion at Igando The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that illegal transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas, to cylinders caused the Saturday explosion in Kaduna. The explosion which claimed more than five lives, including Simon Mallam, chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, occurred at Sabon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Caused Kaduna Gas Explosion: DPR - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/05\/what-caused-kaduna-gas-explosion-dpr\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Caused Kaduna Gas Explosion: DPR - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Scene of the explosion at Igando The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that illegal transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas, to cylinders caused the Saturday explosion in Kaduna. 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