Filling station, tankers catch fire

About 10 people escaped death by a whisker yesterday in Akure, Ondo State when two fuel tankers caught fire at a filling station on Akure-Ondo Road. 

Those included the drivers of the two trucks, their assistants and the workers at the filling station. The incident, which occurred at the Giant IBK Oil and Gas Limited, caught the workers unaware.
The fire started around 1.30pm when the drivers attached to the tankers were offloading fuel into the fuel dump at the station. 
One of the workers at the filling station told our correspondent that the tankers suddenly burst into flame. He said they tried to use fire extinguishers to no avail as it got out of control.