An
unconfirmed number of persons were burnt to death, while many were
injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker at Okobe in Ahoada West
Local Government Area of Rivers early on Thursday, the state’s police
authorities have confirmed.
“As I speak to you, we do not know the number or extent of casualties
at the scene,’’ said Ben Ugwuegbulam, spokesman of the Rivers Police
Command, adding that a team of police officers and other security agents
had been dispatched to the scene.
“We have cordoned off the area to ensure that miscreants do not take
laws into their hands. We also want to know what exactly caused the
inferno,’’ he said.
According to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the
petrol-carrying tanker crashed with three other vehicles, 11 km from
Ahoada-Mbiama on the east-west road in Rivers.
It was gathered that the vehicle did not immediately burst into flames, and as a result, people scrambled for free fuel.
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