Many people were injured following an explosion from a truck conveying the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Gwagwa community, in Abuja. The incident took place near the popular Police Junction in the community. Some residents who spoke to Daily Trust said the driver had suddenly parked the vehicle after perceiving odour of the content, and alerted people to run. A resident, Sulaiman Musa, said the driver stood there for a while before he disappeared after the vehicle got engulfed in fire.
Many people were injured following an explosion from a truck conveying the Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Gwagwa community, in Abuja.Some residents who spoke to Daily Trust said the driver had suddenly parked the vehicle after perceiving odour of the content, and alerted people to run.
Another resident, Abdulaziz Adam, said he and other volunteers ran towards the opposite side of the road and turned the oncoming motorists and pedestrians back, an act he said had saved the situation from getting worse. One of the victims, Usman Haruna, a wheelbarrow pusher who jumped off a bridge across Gwagwa River while escaping, got the tendon’s vein of one of his legs cut into two.
Victims of the fire burns have resorted to traditional medication, among them Abdullahi Muhammad, a motorcycle spare parts shop owner, just behind the scene of the incident.
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