Three persons suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun along Alamala Barracks Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The victims who were a mother and daughter of a village head in the area including a vulcaniser were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
An eyewitness identified only as Mrs Olufote told Saturday PUNCH that the incident happened when a fuel tanker suffered a flat tyre. She added that as he alighted from the vehicle to negotiate with a vulcaniser beside the road, the tanker tilted and the container fell.
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