The Nation Newspaper Billions lost as Rivers tanker inferno consumes pregnant woman, three others, 100 vehicles
Tragedy struck in Rivers State late night Friday as fire from a fuel-laden tanker consumed four persons and about 100 vehicles at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State.
She said: “At approximately 8:30pm on Friday, April 26, 2024, the Rivers State Police Command received a distress call regarding a fire incident along East-West Road near Indorama Gate, Eleme, caused by a tanker explosion. Immediate action was taken by contacting the fire department and mobilizing operatives to the scene.
Most eyewitnesses blamed the disaster on the absence of road safety officials, reckless driving, bad road and negligence of the contractor reconstructing the road. “We saw many people running and shouting fire fire. So it was difficult to reverse but we managed to reverse went somewhere and parked. We came back to see that more than 300 vehicles were burnt.
In his account, he said: *We were around this area when we heard explosions. We got to this place and saw the incident. This place was already experiencing a serious gridlock when the tanker exploded. He said some Hausa boys helped him to push the vehicle to a safe distance and blamed the incident on recklessness of drivers and contractor’s negligence.
Also Ossai Samuel Ifeanyi Chukwu begged the contractor to expedite action on the road and to ensure free flow of traffic while working on the road. The Rivers State Governor, Sir. Siminalayi Fubara, described the incident as unfortunate expressing his sadness at the gory sights he saw at the scene. He said: “We are here to see for ourselves and get a first hand information of the incident of what happened yesterday night.
Fubara explained that he had already requested the relevant government agencies to provide him a detailed account of their findings to enable the State Government take appropriate decisions and actions to significantly remedy the situation and reduce the negative impact on the affected people.
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