A tanker loaded with thirty-three thousand litres of petrol Tuesday caught fire at SAO filling station located along challenge-toll gate road, Ibadan, Oyo state.
Radio Nigeria Correspondent who was at the scene of the fire said the inferno began around noon when the petrol tanker was about to deliver fuel to the filling station.
Some roofs of the filling station were also destroyed by the fire.
Some witnesses who spoke with Radio Nigeria Correspondent said if not for the quick intervention of both the state and federal fire services, the whole filling station would have been razed.
As at the time of filing this report, the petrol tanker was still burning and the fire servicemen have been putting in frantic efforts to quench the inferno.
Meanwhile, security operatives have prevented vehicular movements from Challenge area, while motorists have been advised to take alternative routes.
Olaoluwa Fawole
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