A fire outbreak on a major road in Kogi state has claimed the lives of motorists with properties also destroyed by the inferno.
Not less than four persons were burnt beyond recognition yesterday when a fuel-laden tanker burst into flames on the River Niger Bridge after Itobe in Ajakuta Local Council of Kogi State, according to Reporters
It was gathered that the tanker driver and the conductor had tampered with the fuel tanker at Itobe near Ajaokuta, where they might have sold out some of the fuel and, in the process, they could not properly cover the valve which started gushing fuel onto the bridge.

The correspondents of Leadership  who were around the scene, however, sustained various degrees of injury when they jumped out from the moving vehicle that conveyed them.
The Reporters gathered that the driver of the 33,000 liters capacity tanker made frantic efforts to stem the outpouring of fuel from the side valves of the tanker, before the sudden fire outburst that consumed them.
A motorcyclist, who was attempting to overtake the Toyota Haice bus of the correspondents Chapel slipped over the fuel, fell down and the scratch of the silencer on the bridge ignited the fire which consumed the fuel tanker as well as the driver of the tanker.
The Toyota Haice bus, which had passed immediately after, caught fire from the underside, during which a stampede ensued inside the bus.
Others who later alighted were able to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher, while those injured were taken to the nearby Crestwood Hospital, Ajaokuta, for treatment.

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Posted: at 28-10-2015 12:14 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Dis one na serious matter

Posted: at 28-10-2015 12:43 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

My God!

Posted: at 28-10-2015 12:46 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

May their souls rest in peace

Posted: at 28-10-2015 12:47 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Nawaoooooooo sad

Posted: at 28-10-2015 02:20 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Na wa o. See wetin greed dey cause ba.

Posted: at 28-10-2015 03:04 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Rip. Sad news

Posted: at 28-10-2015 03:32 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Some tanker drivers are just foolish. RIP to the dead

Posted: at 28-10-2015 04:30 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Rip

Posted: at 28-10-2015 07:57 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

na wao , That's my home town o.

Posted: at 28-10-2015 08:15 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

na wao , That's my home town o.

Posted: at 28-10-2015 08:15 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Ever since this blood sulking demon become president evil has befall that nation. When the evil man rules nothing good comes out of evil. Even under 17 world CUP did not perform well....soon Nigeria will enter recession, then u guys will know what that CHANGE MEANS. THIS IS MORNING....GOOD MORNING NIGERIA

Posted: at 28-10-2015 09:02 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Anoda bad news..

Posted: at 28-10-2015 09:17 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Nawaoooooo

Posted: at 28-10-2015 11:11 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Lord have mercy on us

Posted: at 29-10-2015 08:14 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Poster stop talking wht u dnt kw, hw u take kw dat dey sell frm d tanker. RIP to dead

Posted: at 29-10-2015 09:06 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Poster stop talking wht u dnt kw, hw u take kw dat dey sell frm d tanker. RIP to dead

Posted: at 29-10-2015 09:08 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

RIP

Posted: at 29-10-2015 10:12 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

God have mercy.

Posted: at 29-10-2015 10:10 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

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