Fire Razes 3 Passenger Boats In Rivers Jetty

No fewer than three passenger boats were on Monday destroyed following a fire incident that occurred at the popular Bonny/Nembe/Bille jetty in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Also, a Toyota model vehicle, parked close to one of the passenger boats, was totally razed down while a building housing the Marine Police and the Nigerian Navy was touched by the fire.

However, no life was lost in the ugly incident.

The Bonny/Nembe/Bille jetty, which serves the people of Bonny and Bille in Rivers State as well as Nembe in Bayelsa State was reconstructed and commissioned by the administration of former Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in 2022.

Sources told LEADERSHIP that the fire started around 4:00pm from one of the passenger boats due to an electrical fault.

The sources added the fire spread to the two other nearby boats that had illegally refined petroleum products on board.

The Rivers State Police Command was yet to issue an official statement on the ugly development as at the time of this report.