Tag: Tanker Explosion
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JUST IN: Another tanker explosion rocks Lagos [VIDEO]
A diesel-laden tanker has exploded at Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in the early hours of Tuesday. Balls of fire envelop the atmosphere in the dead of the night as emergency responders battled to put out the fire. Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA,disclosed that the…
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Seven die, 50 houses destroyed in Benue tanker explosion
Seven persons have been confirmed dead following a tanker explosion in Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Emmanuel Shior confirmed development on Sunday in Makurdi, the state capital. He said about 50 houses were destroyed from the information he got the local…
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Tanker explosion: Fashola assesses damages, gives traders along Airport Road Flyover two weeks to vacate
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Thursday gave artisans plying their trade along the burnt section of the Lagos Airport Road flyover two weeks to vacate the area. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Flyover which spans the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonshoki Expressway project being reconstructed, was engulfed by fire when a petrol tanker burst…
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Six killed, 30 buildings burnt as tanker explosion rocks Kwara
At least six persons have been killed and 30 buildings burnt following a fire incident involving a petrol tanker in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred on Wednesday when a petrol tanker travelling through the ancient town lost control and spilled its contents as it rammed into residential buildings. The…
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UPDATED: 11 injured in Lagos tanker explosion
No fewer than 11 people sustained injuries when a tanker, loaded with diesel, exploded on the Otedola bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday in Lagos. Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the number of injured people in a statement Saturday evening. Ogungbemide said that the explosion…
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Twin tanker explosion rocks Lagos State
Two tanker fires on Wednesday rocked the commercial capital of Lagos State, leaving many people stranded, especially on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway. One is the tanker explosions that occurred at Wawa on the Lagos Ibadan expressway, causing traffic up to the popular Otedola bridge. Efforts were ongoing to extinguish the fire at the time of…
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Kogi Govt declares two-day mourning for victims of tanker explosion
Kogi Government has declared a two-day mourning as a mark of respect for the 23 victims of Wednesday’s tanker explosion in Felele, Lokoja. This is contained in a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo in Lokoja on Thursday. Fanwo urged residents of the state to use the period for a…
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BREAKING: Petrol tanker explodes on fuel scoopers in Delta
A tanker conveying petroleum product fell and exploded on Wednesday along the ever-busy Benin/Sapele Expressway, leaving a number of persons burnt to death. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident occurred at about 11 am around Koko junction, close to the boundary between Delta and Edo States. According to an eyewitness, the petrol tanker fell, and a…
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SAD: 1 burnt beyond recognition, 2 injured in Lagos tanker explosion
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says rescue operations have so far recovered a body burnt beyond recognition at the scene of Sunday’s explosion, involving four vehicles along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The rescue operations were still ongoing at the scene of the accident involving three tankers and a truck. Providing update at 9:00 a.m., Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide,…
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Mother, daughter, three others burnt as tanker explodes in Ogun
A woman, her daughter and a vulcaniser suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun, in Abeokuta on Friday evening. According to an eyewitness, the victims were immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. No fewer than five houses and several shops were burnt in the…