Fire engulfed Al-Amin filling station located at Elebu area of Ibadan on Monday, and completely razed the station........
Fire engulfed Al-Amin filling station located at Elebu area of Ibadan on Monday, and completely razed the station.
One of the workers in the station, Shina Siba, said the fire started suddenly when a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol was off-loading into the underground tank. Omole Ayodeji, Station Officer, Federal Fire Service, said that the service responded promptly when they got the call. “We are not sure of what caused the fire but l think what happened was that the tanker was off- loading and maybe there was a spark which caused the fire,” he said.
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