Thursday, January 17, 2013

Petrol truck explodes at NNPC mega-station

A 33,000-litre capacity truck carrying petrol, on Wednesday, exploded in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the mega-station of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at General Gas area of the metropolis.
No life was lost in the incident that happened while the truck was waiting to discharge its content into the pit of the station.
Although the cause of the explosion could not be ascertained as of the time of this report, the resulting inferno gutted a part of the station.
Eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune that on hearing the loud explosion, fuel attendants and others in the gas station scampered to safety.
Men from the state fire service had a hectic time putting out the fire that burned for about an hour.
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