FIRE GUTS PETROL TANKER IN FRONT OF GOVERNOR DAPO ABIODUN'S OFFICE IN ABEOKUTA
A petrol laden tanker on Saturday was gutted by fire in front of the Ogun State Governor's Office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the State capital.
The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, October 31.
Reports say the tanker loaded with about 50,000 litres of petrol was coming from Ijora, Lagos State, en route to Adatan, in Abeokuta metropolis.
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The driver, who identified himself as Nurudeen Yusuf, said that he, alongside his two motorboys, discovered a spark from the engine, which resulted in the fire outbreak.
The leader of the Federal Fire Service at the scene, Sodiq Atanda, said it took the timely intervention of his men to put out the fire.
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Atanda said, “If not for the proximity of our station and the timely intervention of our men, this situation would have been worse.”
He however lamented that the truck did not have a fire extinguisher.
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