Central Bank Of Nigeria Explosion: Calabar Office Erupts In Flames, Several Injuries Reported

An explosion erupted at a Central Bank of Nigeria office in southern Nigeria Friday afternoon, with reports of several wounded and others feared dead. The building in Calabar, the capital of Cross River state, was under reconstruction at the time of the blast, and several workers suffered severe burns from the flames.

“I could count up to seven people with serious burns,” a source at the nearby University of Calabar Teaching Hospital told local newspaper Premium Times.