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  • Panic, heavy traffic as another petrol tanker catches fire in Ibadan

    Panic, heavy traffic as another petrol tanker catches fire in Ibadan

    Panic broke out around Odinjo area in Ibadan on Tuesday when a 33,000 litres capacity petrol tanker suddenly caught fire.

    The incident which happened precisely at Muslim Grammar School, Odinjo end of Ibadan on the Lagos-Ibadan highway, forced residents and shop owners to scamper for safety.

    However, it was gathered reliably thay no life was lost in the incident.

    The truck, sources hinted, fell on one of its sides before it eventually caught fire.

    An eyewitness account stated that the driver lost control of the vehicles while trying to maneuver his way through bad spots.

    “The truck skidded off the track before it landed on one of its sides.

    “The timely arrival of the men of the State Fire Service saved the situation from generating into major tragedy”

    Confirming the incident, the General Manager of the State Fire Service, Rev’d Akinyemi Akinyinka said it happened around Odinjo area.

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    “We have deployed our men to the area to arrest the situation. I am yet to get the details account of the incident.

    “As at time of filing the report, the degree of the damage could not be ascertained.

    “Also, there is no record of any life lost to the incident.”

    The situation led to a build up of traffic at the Ibadan end of the Lagos highway but the Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC) and other security agencies have taken over traffic control in the area.

    Sources also informed that a combined security teams have also arrived the scene of the incident.

  • 18 killed, 13 rescued as petrol tanker explodes in Enugu

    18 killed, 13 rescued as petrol tanker explodes in Enugu

    • Governor Mbah visits accident scene, expresses sadness 

    Tragedy struck in Enugu yesterday as a petrol tanker exploded at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, killing no fewer than 18 people, including three children.

    Thirteen others were rescued, according to a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Ogungbemide.

    Ogungbemide attributed the accident to brake failure, adding that it involved 17 vehicles, including a petrol tanker, a water tanker, 15 cars, and a tricycle.

    Eleven vehicles were burnt in the inferno while emergency responders managed to rescue 10 victims with varying degrees of injuries.

    Three escaped unscathed while the remaining 18 victims were burnt beyond recognition.

    The explosion, which occurred around 11:30am, caused widespread panic, affecting another petrol tanker and razing six other vehicles.

    Rescue efforts were said to have been hindered by the intensity of the fire, which made it difficult for bystanders to access the scene.

    It was gathered that some of the victims were trying to run away from the scene when they were caught by the fire.

    Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, who visited the scene of the accident yesterday, expressed sadness, saying that government had already swung into action to ensure that the victims received full medical attention.

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    He also said that steps were being taken to forestall future occurrences, including enforcement of road rules and fixing the part of the federal road that was in disrepair.

    Describing the accident as unfortunate, Mbah commiserated with the families of the victims.

    He further directed the Enugu sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, and the state’s Commissioner for Transport, Mr Obi Ozor, to ensure that all tankers conveying inflammable substances in the state have anti-spill lock that will prevent spillage in case of accident.

    “This is an accident involving a tanker that preliminary investigation show may have had a break failure, fell down, had its product, premium motor spirit, spilled from the tank and ignited. So, this is for us a tragedy where we have some casualties.

    “But as I said, investigation is still at preliminary stages. The police and other law enforcement agencies are on it. We want to get to the roots of this for us to understand the true cause of the accident.

    “In the meantime, we have moved those that are in need of treatment to the hospitals for full medical attention.

    “My Commissioner for Health and also my Special Adviser on Health, the Chief Medical Director of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTTH), Parklane, Enugu, the police, and Federal Road Safety Corps are all involved.

    “They have my instruction to ensure that maximum medical attention is given to the survivors,” the governor said.

    He added: “We are also taking quick measures as a government. I have just been speaking the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps to make sure they enforce the rules that prohibit tanker drivers without an anti-spill lock from the road.

    “Tankers conveying premium motor spirit and inflammable products must have anti-spill lock to ensure that when these trucks fall down, they do not spill (their contents). It is very important.

    “Also, for us as a government, we are going to be looking at how we can deploy some traffic rules to ensure that we do not have a recurrence of this.

    “We are obviously not going to wait for the federal government to fix the other section of the road.

    “We as government are going to take steps to ensure that whatever needs to be done on that section of the federal road is done immediately so we would never want a reoccurrence of this.”

    While briefing the governor on some of the preliminary investigations conducted by the FRSC, the Sector Commander for Enugu explained that the accident and spillage was as a result of a brake failure.

    He said that injured road users were rushed to the hospital for treatment and thanked the governor for showing leadership by rushing to the scene and also undertaking to foot the medical bills.

    Yesterday’s tanker explosion made it the third time that a similar accident would occur in the new year.

    It came after the one that occurred at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State penultimate Saturday, claiming no fewer than 98 lives and leaving 69 others injured.

    A similar accident had also occurred in Agbor, Delta State on January 6, leaving five people dead while some bank buildings were burnt.

  • Petrol tanker fire wrecks havoc in Delta

    A truck carrying petrol burst into flames yesterrday in Agbor, Delta State.

    According to eyewitnesses,  one person was burnt beyond recognition, while three others  were injured.

    The actual number of those who died is unknown. But no fewer than 10 houses and vehicles around the scene were consumed in the inferno, The Nation learnt.

    The explosion, it was gathered, occurred yesterday afternoon when the driver of the 33,000-litre tanker while making a u-turn on the busy Old Lagos/Asaba Road had brake failure. The vehicle fell and exploded.

    It was learnt that some residents and passersby attempted to put out the flames before firemen from the state and federal authorities were mobilised to the scene.

    Director of the state Fire Services, Eugene Oziwele, who confirmed the story, said: “You know Agbor is a sloppy place, as the spilt fuel was flowing, the fire was spreading.

    “If you ask how many lives were lost, I don’t know but one is that the casualties were many.”

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    Delta State Governor, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has extended his condolences to the families of victims of the incident.

    Oborevwori, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, described the  incident as horrifying and prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured and fortitude to those bereaved in the incident.

    Oborevwori directed the Ministry of Health, Emergency Management Agency and other relevant authorities to expedite action by providing support to victims of the incident. 

    The governor commended the Fire Service, the people of Ika South Local Government and security agencies who rallied round to put out the inferno and their dedication to assisting those affected.

  • FG presents food items, relief materials to Jigawa petrol tanker victims

    FG presents food items, relief materials to Jigawa petrol tanker victims

    The Federal Government has donated food items, mats, blankets, children wears and charcoal stoves to victims of Jigawa petrol tanker explosion.

    Presenting the items, the National Commission for the National Commission for Refugee, Migrant and Instantly Display Persons (NCFRMI), Hon Tijjani Aliyu Ahmad said: “As you are aware the National Commission for Refugee, Migrant and Instantly Display Persons (NCFRMI) is an agency of the federal government with the mandate to coordinate national actions for the protections, assistance and provisions of durable solutions to person of concern that is IDPs, Refugees, Migrant, Asylums Seekers, Returnees and Stateless Persons.

    “Our mandate to ensure durable solutions through returning to ancestral land, local Interventions or resettlement, supported by essential service like education, healthcare and livelihood.

    “In line with president Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda which is central to our efforts to rebuild a stronger and more resilient Nigeria, NCFRMI is committed to ensuring peace and stability especially for persons of concern in Jigawa state through impactful intervention”.

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    The items presented include 200 bags of 25k of rice, 100 bags of 25k millet, 200 cartons of Spaghetti, 200 bags of Semovita and 50 cartons of Maggi.

    Other items are robber mats, blankets, children wears, cooking oil charcoal stoves and mattresses. 

    Governor Umar Namadi constituted an independent committee for judicial distributions of the donations of over N1.5 billion and food commodities to families of 182 deceased and over 80 victims of the tragedy. 

  • PHOTOS: Petrol tanker explodes, five vehicles burn in Ibadan

    PHOTOS: Petrol tanker explodes, five vehicles burn in Ibadan

  • BREAKING: Petrol tanker explodes, five vehicles burnt in Ibadan

    BREAKING: Petrol tanker explodes, five vehicles burnt in Ibadan

    A petrol laden tanker, two articulated trucks, one 18-seater bus, two small commercial cabs (Micra) and three motorcycles got burnt in Iyana-Ajia, Egbeda area, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city on Saturday.

    As of the time of filing this report the tanker is still burning, while other affected vehicles have been turned to ashes.

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    The incident happened around 4:30pm on the Ibadan axis of the Ibadan-Ife Express road, very close to the ongoing Iyana-Ajia bridge.

    No life was lost in the incident.

    Details Shortly…

  • Deaths averted as petrol tanker, truck collide on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said yesterday that loss of lives was averted after a tanker loaded with petrol collided with a truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The Corps’ Route Commander, Florence Okpe, said in Ota, Ogun State that the accident which occurred at about 2:51a.m, involved four persons with two injured and no death recorded.

    She said: “A tanker with registration number LND-437 XC conveying PMS collided with a truck marked LRN-981 ZA around the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s youth centre gate, Mowe, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, blocking the entire carriageway into Lagos.

    “The tanker had spilled its contents on the expressway and both trucks blocked the entire access road.

    “The RCCG and Sagamu fire services were contacted, as standard practice, before transloading and removal of the fuel tanker were embarked upon.

    “Also, Julius Berger Plc was contacted to open the blocked section around the area, where they are currently rehabilitating, to allow vehicles have access as the gridlock has spread towards Kara near Sagamu,” she said.

     

     

  • Two persons die as petrol tanker goes up in Ibadan

    TWO unidentified persons were yesterday burnt beyond recognition when a tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) spilled its content on Sawmill Bridge, Onipepeye area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    The incident, which started at about 2p.m., also destroyed six vehicles, more than 10 motorcycles and many houses.

    Safe for the timely intervention of the men of the state fire service, the situation would have resulted in a likely explosion from a nearby gas station around the Onipepeye area as a result of the fuel spill, which also extended to parts of the Onipepeye area.

    According to sources, motorists and commuters scampered for safety when the tanker driver coming from Lagos axis end of the expressway lost control of the vehicle just after the Sawmill Bridge.

    In a bid to stabilise the vehicle, the driver could not prevent the fuel from spilling on the highway.

    In the process, a man and a woman were burnt beyond recognition while trying to escape from the scene of the fuel spill.

    The identity and whereabouts of the driver of the fuel tanker remain unknown at the time of filing this report.

    A witness, who identified himself as Abbey, said: “It was the fuel spill from the tanker at the main road that caused the fire that sparked from under Onipepeye Bridge. Before we could know what happened, we heard a big explosion. It was terrifying. There were tick flames everywhere. In the process, people started running away from the scene. Two persons were so unlucky, as they were burnt beyond recognition.

    ”We called the fire service personnel to come and rescue the situation before the fire started. But it took them more than 40 minutes before they arrived. And by the time they got here, the fire had already burnt the two people to death.

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    “The victims were inside a car, trying to navigate their way to the main expressway. They should be coming from either Gbagi market or Gate axis. We did not recognise any of them. As you can see, they are burnt beyond recognition with all their personal belongings also burnt with them.”

    Assistant Director, Oyo State Fire Service Mr. Isiaka Adeleke said his men raced to the scene of the incident immediately they received the call.

    He confirmed that the tanker fell down while its content spilled on the highway, leaving no fewer than six vehicles burnt.

    Adeleke said: “We just heard that the tanker fell down and that petrol spilled on the road. The driver of the Micra tried to manoeuvre the vehicle but was unlucky. The man and the woman jumped out of the vehicle, but the fire later caught up with them.”

    The incident led to a gridlock on the Iwo road end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    Officials of the Oyo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Red Cross were seen removing the remains of the two victims.

    At the time of filing this report, officials of the State Fire Service were seen at the scene trying to put off the fire from the tanker. Officers and men of the State Police Command were also on ground to forestall a breakdown of law and order.

    When contacted, the command’s Police Public Relation, Olugbenga Fadeyi, a Superintendent, confirmed the incident.

    But, Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday commiserated with the family and loved ones of the victims of the fire incident, describing the incident as depressing.

    In a condolence statement by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mr. Bolaji Tunji, the governor said he received the news of the attendant loss of lives and property with grief and sadness.

    While the exact cause of the accidents remains sketchy, the governor said he was pained that it consumed lives and gutted houses and vehicles.

    Ajimobi said: “I received the depressing news of the unfortunate accident with grief and sadness. I am, especially pained that it led to the loss of lives and property of innocent citizens, who were going about in search of their daily bread.

    “I condole with the family and friends of those that died in the accident and I wish those injured speedy recovery. I’m using this opportunity to appeal to vehicle owners to put their vehicles in good condition before hitting the roads during this festive season.

    “I also urge motorists to drive carefully and adhere to all safety precautions to avert a recurrence. We should always remember our loved ones and have consideration for other roads users while plying the roads.

    “May God grant the soul of our deceased compatriots eternal rest and mitigate the loss of those who lost properties to the accident.”

  • Petrol tanker crushes worker in Ikoyi

    A petrol tanker has crushed a civil servant in Lokoja, Kogi State capital.

    The victim, identified as Mohammed Gimba Salisu, was with the Ministry of Education.

    The incident occurred over the weekend at the Ganaja junction, as he made to negotiate the bend on his motorcycle, away from the petrol truck closely behind him.

    Kogi State Police command, while confirming the incident, said:  “There occurred a fatal accident involving a DAF Truck, marked ABJ 159 XD, loaded with PMS, driven by Suleiman Yakubu, and a Jinchen motorcycle, marked PA 041.

    ‘’The motorcycle rider died on the spot and his body was taken to Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary. The suspect has been arrested.”

    The victim, it was gathered, has been buried according to Islamic rites.

  • Fuel tanker falls on car, kills one in Lagos

    A petrol tanker with Reg. No. AGL 664 XG, on Sunday morning fell on a moving car in Lagos and killed the lone occupant.

    A witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the incident happened at about 4.08a.m at Ikorodu roundabout.

    He said that the tanker, laden with 33,000 litres of petrol, fell while trying to turn at the roundabout.

    “The tanker fell on one Hyunda saloon car with Reg. No. KJA 421 AH, trapping the only occupant in the car – a male – who died before help could come,’’ the source said.

    Confirming the incident, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said that timely intervention of the service prevented fire outbreak from spilling petrol.

    Fadipe said that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Federal Road Safety Corp, police and some other emegency managers also acted in time to prevent more havoc.

    “The truck was carefully lifted upright, while the dead body was removed by LASEMA response team with the use of light duty equipment.

    “The corpse was taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary.

    “The vehicles were cleared off the road and handed to the police,’’ he said.

    Also commenting, Mr AdeshinaTiamiyu, General Manager of LASEMA, advised motorists to stop over speeding.

    He urged them to adhere to all traffic rules and regulations to avoid accidents.