Six persons were killed on Friday night
in a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos,
Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that
FERMA had constructed a trailer park at the
Maraban Jos axis of the Kaduna-Zaria expressway
to reduce the high rate of fires caused by petrol
tankers and accidents caused by articulated trucks
parked along the road. Alhaji Abdullahi Kwarau, the Chairman of Igabi
Local Government Council, said that the accident,
which occurred on Friday night, involved two fuel-
laden tankers. He appealed to the state government to expedite
action on the construction of more trailer parks
on major roads in the state to avoid a recurrence
of such accidents. Gov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, who condoled
with the families of those who died in the
accident, urged drivers, particularly those of petrol
tankers, to be extra vigilant while driving or
parking their vehicles. He assured the people that efforts were underway
to ensure the timely completion of new trailer
parks being constructed in Igabi, Kagarko and
Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas. Yero said that the state government was also
collaborating with the Federal Roads Maintenance
Agency (FERMA) to ensure the speedy completion
of ongoing road projects to forestall recurring
accidents on the major roads. (NAN)