Petrol tanker explodes after crash in Oyo
A petroleum tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) exploded on Monday after crashing along the Iseyin/Oyo Boulevard in Iseyin Local Government Put aside of Oyo Exclaim, marking the second such incident in no longer up to two weeks.
The tanker, with registration number Lagos LM62XP, reportedly lost preserve a watch on, veered off the avenue, and tumbled actual into a ditch end to NICO Farm sooner than igniting.
Chairman of the Oyo Exclaim Fire Provider, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in an announcement issued in Ibadan, the voice capital.
He said the provider bought a injure call at 10:46 a.m., and firemen led by PFS1 Azeez have been dispatched to the residence.
“The tanker, loaded with 45,000 litres of PMS, lost preserve a watch on whilst in circulate, somersaulted actual into a ditch and caught fireplace,” Akinwande said. “The firemen rapid swung into circulate, applied chemical foam compound, and curtailed the fireplace from affecting nearby constructions or autos. The blaze used to be entirely extinguished and visitors used to be restored.”
There have been no reported casualties on the time of submitting this file.
This comes no longer up to two weeks after a same incident occurred on June 12 at Irepo Junction along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Freeway. If that is the case, a tanker carrying 60,000 litres of petrol with registration number KANO KMC 65 ZC lost preserve a watch on and overturned.
Eyewitnesses Kunle Olanrewaju, Kazeem Ogunwuyi, and Bankole Adebayo said the accident caused apprehension among motorists and passersby, main many to peek shelter under nearby bushes till fireplace crews arrived to preserve a watch on the spill.
Confirming the sooner incident, Akinwande said, “The spillage used to be lined with chemical foam to discontinue any ignition. There used to be no casualty, and the response incorporated personnel from the Federal Fire Provider and officers from the Nigeria Police Ojongbodu Division for security.”
He attributed the wreck to the driver’s lack of focus.
Every incidents have raised concerns over the safety of transporting petroleum products across main roads within the voice.
