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Pregnant woman, three children, others burnt to death in Ondo tanker explosion

A tanker laden with fuel exploded Sunday evening, claiming multiple lives at Ore in Odigbo LGA, Ondo.

A pregnant woman and three children were burnt to death in the tanker explosion.

The tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed. People nearby the crash scene to the petrol tanker to scoop fuel its content.

Bola Adeyemo, a witness of the fatal incident said that the tanker spilt its content after the crash. She explained that a mobile phone held by one of the people who rushed to scoop the fuel caused a spark that snowballed into an explosion.

The explosion happened a few metres away from the Showboy area.Mrs Adeyemo said the police and the FRSC evacuated the victims.

“Three children died, and we have counted over 15 bodies. A pregnant woman that wanted to buy the fuel also died. The money is still with her,” she added.

Ezekiel SonAllah, the sector commander of the FRSC, who confirmed the incident, told The Gazette that the agency would provide details of the accident later.

The police spokeswoman in Ondo, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said she could not give details of the casualties involved in the petrol tanker explosion.

One dies in Ogun fuel tanker explosion

January 19, 2021 No Comments

One person was confirmed dead on Tuesday in a fuel tanker explosion in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

An unspecified number of people were injured while several cars and houses were razed in the incident,

The tanker explosion, which occurred at about 8:15 a.m. along the Presidential Boulevard Road in Kuto, Abeokuta, was said to have thrown the area into confusion

Eyewitness told journalists at the scene that the accident occurred when the tanker which carried 33,000 litres of fuel had a brake failure and crashed into the cars before bursting into flames.

According to them, the tanker was coming from Sagamu-Siun-Oke-Mosan Road had climbed the overhead bridge and suddenly lost control while descending from the bridge.

The tanker reportedly hit a motorcycle which was in motion before ramming into some commercial vehicles waiting for passengers at the end of the bridge.

The fire spread to a few offices around the area and caused pandemonium as many motorists tried to escape from the carnage.

‌Some parents whose kids were on their way to schools were also thrown into panic as they rushed to the scene to see if their children were affected in the incident.