A woman, her daughter and a vulcaniser on Saturday suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun
According to a witness, the victims were immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.Another witness, who simply identified herself as Mrs Olufote, told journalists that the incident happened when a fuel tanker suffered a flat tyre.
She said the driver alighted from the vehicle and negotiating with a vulcaniser beside the road when the tanker tilted and fell. ”The tanker had a flat tyre and in the process of trying to fix it, the tanker exploded and even the vulcaniser who was to work on the tyre was affected.“There were many houses that were affected, with some burnt to ashes. In fact, a mosque was also affected,” she said.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , confirmed the incident to NAN on Saturday.The TRACE spokesperson stated that the tanker driver erroneously parked in a sloppy area while trying to fix his tanker’s tyre .He said the fire has been put out.
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