Mother, daughter, vulcaniser burned in tanker explosion
The victims were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.Mrs Olufote, an eyewitness, told newsmen on Saturday that the incident occurred when the tanker suffered a flat tyre.
NAN quoted her as saying the driver parked beside the road to fix the flat tyre unaware that it was a sloppy area. “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”.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps said the fire was put out after some houses had been burnt.
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