The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has condemned the South-East citizens’ recent outbreak of bush burning, especially as the harmattan approaches.
The EEDC issued a warning while also reminding locals that the harmattan season is often marked by a dryness of the environment, which makes it very simple for fire to spread at any given time. This includes dry leaves, objects, and people.
Emeka Ezeh, the head of corporate communications at EEDC, said the threats presented by fire outbreak during harmattan made the warning imperative.
Ezeh talked about the costs the business had incurred over the years as a result of unchecked, indiscriminate bush and garbage dump burning.
He emphasised that the power network crosses through bushes, forests, neighbourhoods, and farmlands, and that any burning, if left unchecked, could cause a fire to break out and damage transformers, feeder pillar units, and the lines and their related accessories, as well as cause fatalities, interrupt the flow of electricity, and damage other properties.
“We have discovered that during harmattan season hunters deploys fire to drive bush animals out of their hiding places for easy catch or kill while some might be to enable farmers prepare such lands for the next farming season.
“Whatever may be the intention behind bush burning, it is advised that such fires are controlled so they do not escalate to unintended locations or areas,” the EEDC stated.
