The Oyo State Fire Service Agency says illicit activities of some members of the public, who were siphoning fuel from a fallen petroleum tanker, was responsible for the Sunday inferno in Ogbomoso.
The agency’s Director of Operations, Mr Ismail Adeleke, told the News Agency of Nigeria that one Samuel, on Sunday at exactly 12:41p.m reported the incident at the Ogbomoso office of the agency.
“On arrival, the fire contingent swung into action and extinguished the fire completely,” Adeleke said. “And later caught fire due to the illicit activities of some members of the public who were trying to siphon the petroleum,” he said. Adeleke urged members of the public to desist from the habit of rushing to collect petroleum spirit from a falling tanker.
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