At least five persons, including two pregnant women and a baby were killed on Monday morning following a fire outbreak at Bonny/Nembe/Bille Jetty in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
More than 60 passenger boats were reportedly destroyed in the inferno, which began in the early hours of Monday.
Although the cause of the fire incident, which is the second in less than four month was not known, some residents of the area said it might not be unconnected with a storage of illegally refined petroleum products at the jetty.
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