•A fuel tanker explosion The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that three people died following a petrol tanker explosion at Kura Market Junction along Zaria Road in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. Spokesperson of the Service, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, said the Emergency Response Unit received a distress call from a retired Civil [...
•Scene of the incident The Iyana-Isolo area of the ever-busy Apapa–Oshodi Expressway in Lagos was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon after a fully loaded tanker overturned and burst into flames. Commuters and passersby watched in horror as the tanker reportedly skidded off the road, rammed into a commercial bus, and toppled into a roadside ...
•Tanker explosion A tanker accident has occurred on the East-West road near the Nkpolu axis, causing widespread damage and chaos. The tanker, carrying petroleum products, overturned and spewed AGO diesel everywhere before catching fire, reports The Guardian. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, with pedestrians frantically fleeing the ...
•Road Safety officials at scene of accident One person has lost his life following a road crash involving a Premium Motor Spirit-laden tanker that occurred at Umuike Echem community, Nnobi, close to Nnokwa junction, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday. It was gathered that the operatives of the state fire service pr...
•A petrol tanker accident At least six people narrowly escaped death when an articulated vehicle, loaded with 33,000 liters of fuel, collided with a tipper at the notorious Ugwu Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Enugu State. The accident occurred as the tanker was descending from the Ninth Mile end of the road, while […]
•The scene of the tanker explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday Barely 24 hours after a market fire destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira in Ibadan, the Oyo state Capital, another fire disaster has been recorded. This time, a petrol tanker exploded at the Tollgate end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway of the state […]
•A fuel tanker explosion Some vehicles were razed yesterday when a petrol-laden tanker exploded on Karu Bridge, along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), resulting in a massive fire. The fire destroyed at least 30 vehicles and prompted a significant emergency response. Some motorists were also feared dead in the...
•Tanker explosion There is pandemonium among motorists along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following an explosion at the Otedola bridge axis of the expressway today. It was gathered through multiple footage shared on X that the explosion occurred this night. The videos showed thick flames emanating from the explosion. While the cause of the expl...
•Scene of tanker explosion A tragic incident has occurred in Karamin Rami village, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, when a fuel-laden tanker, struggling to manoeuvre through a bad road without a shoulder, lost balance and overturned, spilling its highly flammable Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) content into a nearby stream. The stream,...
•Scene of the accident Many people were today burnt to death in an auto crash at Oko-Olowo, along the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway, in Ilorin, Kwara state. Unconfirmed sources put the number of burnt accident victims at not less than 60 people, said to be travelling from the northern part of the country, reports Channels TV. The […]
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