ONITSHA FIRE:DETAILS OF MAYHEM CAUSED BY PETROL TANKER



The fire may have died down and the smoke stopped rising to the skies but what remains clear is that the last has not been heard about the fire incident in Onitsha which consumed a couple of houses and caused extensive damage running into millions of Naira.


According to an eye witness who spoke on the issue said a tanker driver driving a MACK petrol tanker with registration number ABB 44 XA suffered a brake failure and in trying to bring the Truck to a halt climbed over the kerb right opposite Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS) by Upper Iweka


The tanker fell over and caught fire before spilling its content and setting fire to a nearby Mobil filling station. The fire also affected a popular shopping mall,Kamo Plaza  and about 5 houses. Several cars were also consumed in the inferno that raged for hours before being contained.


The eye witness said it was a clear case of bad luck. “The supermarket, the filling station and all the houses and cars that gut burnt were just bad luck, I tell you. The fuel tanker was already at the roundabout when it failed brake and as the driver struggled to stop the truck it fell over and next thing, fire. Some of this people sef do not know what caused the problem. It is really sad and if fire service came on time maybe something would have happened.”

The tanker driver is believed to have fled the scene. Meanwhile those who lost cars and property are bemoaning their fate and trying to pick the pieces.


All attempts to speak to two of the biggest losers, the owners of the Mobil filling station and Kamo Plaza was not successful as at press time.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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