00:00An explosion followed by a fire at a metallurgical plant in Cameroon has left at least four people
00:07dead and 16 others seriously injured. The incident took place in Douala on Monday morning,
00:15on the premises of Metafric Steel in the Basar industrial zone.
00:20The explosion occurred at around 7am and fire quickly spread throughout the factory.
00:26Emergency services responded and discovered four bodies. The injured workers were rushed to hospital
00:34in critical condition. The regional governor visited the scene of the incident and the injured
00:41workers in hospital. Most are suffering from burns covering a significant proportion of their bodies.
00:49The governor condemned the company's failure to comply with safety measures imposed following
00:55a previous fire last May. An investigation has been announced to determine the exact circumstances
01:03surrounding this latest incident. The governor also raised the possibility of shutting down the
01:09factory's operations.
