A petrol tanker in the early hour of Friday
lost control and ran off -road, into many houses
in Iffe, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi
State, destroying nothing less than ten houses at
a go. The accident also resulted in the death of two
persons, one Segun Bello who is a primary school
teacher, and a yet to be identified person. A source from the community said the petrol
tanker’s driver who was driving at high speed
overtook a small passenger vehicle and in the
process diverted away from the main road,
collapsed into some residential buildings along
the road and burst into flame. The split fuel from the petrol tanker was said to
have aided in spreading the raging fire that also
consumed many of the buildings aside those
brought down by the tanker itself. The teacher, Segun Bello, who died in the raging
inferno in an attempt to run out of the destroyed
building unfortunately jumped into the raging fire
already spreading outside house, the source said. Many other persons were said to have also been
injured from the collapsed building and the fire
from the petrol tanker.
For hours, the Iffe – Kabba road, which is a link
between the south – west and Lokoja the Kogi
State capital was sealed off as a result of heavy gridlocked caused by the accident.It took spirited
efforts from the communities to subdue the fire
and a lot of efforts from the officers of the Federal
Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to ensure the road
become passable again.
lost control and ran off -road, into many houses
in Iffe, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi
State, destroying nothing less than ten houses at
a go. The accident also resulted in the death of two
persons, one Segun Bello who is a primary school
teacher, and a yet to be identified person. A source from the community said the petrol
tanker’s driver who was driving at high speed
overtook a small passenger vehicle and in the
process diverted away from the main road,
collapsed into some residential buildings along
the road and burst into flame. The split fuel from the petrol tanker was said to
have aided in spreading the raging fire that also
consumed many of the buildings aside those
brought down by the tanker itself. The teacher, Segun Bello, who died in the raging
inferno in an attempt to run out of the destroyed
building unfortunately jumped into the raging fire
already spreading outside house, the source said. Many other persons were said to have also been
injured from the collapsed building and the fire
from the petrol tanker.
For hours, the Iffe – Kabba road, which is a link
between the south – west and Lokoja the Kogi
State capital was sealed off as a result of heavy gridlocked caused by the accident.It took spirited
efforts from the communities to subdue the fire
and a lot of efforts from the officers of the Federal
Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to ensure the road
become passable again.
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