The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority is set to clamped down on all illegal Kerosene operators in the midstream and downstream sector of the oil industry.

Abuja Zonal Operations Controller of the agency Roselyn Wilkie, announced this, while reacting to the fire incident from a kerosene explosion in Kubwa.

She also explained that the agency’s Preliminary Accident Investigation Report on the Kerosene tank explosion had revealed that it was as a result of an electronic spark from a nearby transformer.

The Controller said from the agency’s investigation the electronic spark was transmitted through a wire that traversed the kerosene surface tank and that based on its investigation, nine persons died and 12 casualties were recorded from the fire.

It would be recalled that the popular Kubwa Village market, Maitama Ultra-Modern Market on Friday was gutted by fire as a result of a kerosene explosion that claimed many lives and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.