Tag: Tanker Explosion
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FALLEN TANKER: Again, Oborevwori cautions against fuel scooping
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has yet again reiterated his earlier warning on residents not to indulge in the habit of scooping petroleum products from fallen tankers.
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Properties destroyed as tanker explosion rocks Oyo community
A fully loaded petrol tanker lost control and rammed into a block of shops and thereafter burst into flames in the Apata area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday.
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2 die, 3 injured in tanker explosion at Ota
Two persons had been burnt beyond recognition, while three others sustained injuries when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS or petrol) exploded at Ilo-Awela Junction, at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), who confirmed the development to NAN in Ota, said that…
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Tanker explodes, goes up in flames on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A tanker fully loaded with diesel went up in flames on the long Bridge, Warewa axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun state. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the crash occurred at about 10pm on Tuesday, involving three male adults.
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Another Lokoja Fuel tanker explosion kills three in Kogi
A tanker driver, his colleague, and a passerby have been killed in a tanker explosion that occured on Monday night in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital. The deceased persons were burnt beyond recognition by the fully loaded petrol tanker which burst into flames after a brake failure on the notorious Felele Highway, Lokoja. The crash…
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Mother, child burnt as tanker explodes in Abeokuta
Mother, child burnt as tanker explodes in Abeokuta
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13 vehicles burnt in tanker explosion on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says six tankers, five trucks and two cars were destroyed in a tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. Earlier, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident, saying that it occurred at about 6.20 a.m. Umar had said the explosion occurred in…
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Another tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says a number of vehicles have been destroyed in a tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the incident, said that it occurred at about 6.20 a.m. Umar explained that the explosion occurred in front of…
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Tanker explosion claims 7 lives at Idiroko
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that seven persons died in an explosion after a commercial bus collided with a petrol tanker at Ajilete on Idiroko expressway on Wednesday. Mr Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, the FRSC Idiroko Unit Commander, who made this known in Ota, said two other persons sustained injuries in the incident. Olaluwoye said…