Energy

Gas Explosion Razes Vehicles,Claims Live in Abeokuta.

By Web News 595

By Francisca Irekpita

Five vehicles, including a truck were razed, while a man was reportedly killed in the fire outbreak from a gas tanker explosion in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Witnesses claimed that the inferno which also destroyed some shops and houses around the busy Ita Osin area of the city had killed 4 persons, but the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has affirmed the motor boy, trapped in  the burnt truck as the only casualty of the explosion.

The Public Education Officer, FRSC, Ogun State Sector Command, Mrs Florence Okpe, who attributed the crash to brake failure, explained that the vehicle crashed on the road barricade and went into flames, burning vehicles and shops around the vicinity.

She noted that the fire service personnel were promptly contacted while the scene was cordoned off to prevent secondary crash and the corpse of the victim was deposited at the State General Hospital morgue Abeokuta,  while the injured persons were evacuated by their families.

Apart from the fire fighters, operatives of the FRSC, the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, as well as the Police were found at the scene of the incident, engaged in rescue operations, working to contain the inferno, clearing obstruction on the road and directing traffic.

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Transportation

Commuters trapped as Tanker Explodes in Kogi

By Web News 469

A fuel-laden tanker has exploded following a crash along the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway area of Kogi State.

It was gathered that the truck driver was conveying the fuel to a destination in the state when he lost control and rammed into other vehicles.

According to report, the explosion occurred due to the impact of the collision, and the fire that emanated from the explosion razed the tanker, some vehicles alongside some people trapped in it.

As of the time of filing this report, the total number of people trapped in the vehicles could not be ascertained.

However, emergency responders including officials of the Federal Roads Safety Corps had stormed the scene to salvage the situation and commence rescue operations.

Confirming the development, the state Sector Commander, FRSC, Stephen Dawlung, said the crash had caused a backlog of traffic along the expressway.

He also noted that many victims were trapped in the crash.

Culled / Titilayo Kupoliyi

Security

Fire Outbreak: Tanker Driver Narrowly Escapes Death

By Web News 615

A petrol laden tanker has been gutted by fire at a filling station in Basorun area of Ibadan.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the tanker was ignited while dispensing it’s content at the filling station.
Consequently,motorists and commuters along the route had hectic time reaching their destination .
Some passersby who spoke with Radio,said the quick intervention of men of the State and Federal fire services prevented loss of lives and damages to property around the site of the incident.
They commended the driver of the tanker for deploying his expertise to drive the tanker out if the filling station to prevent greater havoc.
As at the time of filling this report, the fire has been put out while normalcy is gradually returning to the area
This is the second fire incident occuring at filling stations this week in Ibadan.

Nafiu Busari

News

Tanker Explosion Kills Three in Ogun State

By Web News 688

An early morning petroleum tanker explosion has killed three persons leaving many others injured.
The explosion also left five vehicles and two motorcyclea burnt.
Correspondent Wale Oluokun who was at the scene reports that sympathisers around the IBB Boulevard worked very hard to secure a second generation bank located around the area from been caught by fire.
According to witnesses including the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Ogun state council Comrade Wole Sokunbi whose vehicle was infront of the exploded tanker, the accident was caused by the break failure of the petroleum tanker descending from the Kuto over head bridge.
According to the witnesses, the petroleum tanker caught fire immediately it fell on three vehicles on the incoming lane which made the people around the area to run in various directions for safety.
Two Fire service vehicles from the federal and state fire services responded to the explosion fire from the bank end and the Kuto end of the road.
The Ogun state commissioner for special duties, Mr. Femi Ogunbamwo who was at the accident scene while the rescue operations was ongoing said the government has commenced work to assist the victims as they are being treated on government expenses.
He also noted that the government would be awaiting the report of appropriate agencies on the causes of the accident to prevent occurrence in the future.
Security men were also on hand to control thousands of people that trooped to the accident scene to see the carmage.

Wale Oluokun