Not up to 2 days after a petrol tanker exploded at Upper Iweka, Onitsha another tanker explosion has occurred along the Enugu/Onitsha Expressway near Omagba, Anambra State.
As at early this morning,according to eye witnesses, the fuel-laden tanker fell at Bessoy Filling Station Bus Stop around 3:00 am spilling its contents. The contents then flowed through an underground tunnel into Heritage Street, Omagba where it eventually exploded.
According to a video, the speed at which the fuel was covering the road was unstoppable. This incident destroyed many properties, burnt people's shops and goods and even houses.
Before the intervention of emergency service operatives from Anambra State Fire Service, residents trooped out en-masse and lent support to quench the fire.
Presently, no death has been recorded but residents decry the huge losses caused by the fire accident.
It was also reported that another has also lost control and fallen along Agulu road this morning creating panic among residents in the area but a single life was not lost.
Nigerians who reside in Onitsha pleaded for God to come to their rescue.
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