Another tanker fire accident in Onitsha, destroys 3 caterpillars, over 30 vehicles

Another tanker fire accident early hours of Friday occurred at Onitsha Enugu expressway area of Bessoy Filling Station Onitsha Anambra State, destroying over three caterpillars, 30 vehicles in different mechanic, electrical, and spraying workshops inside Omagba Phase II area of Onitsha, with no loss of lives.

However, a statement from the Anambra State Police command attributed the fire incident to a collision between the fuel tanker and a truck laden with planks, according to the police the incident was said to have happened at about 3,26 am Friday morning.

According to the Police statement made available by the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed.

However, when Vanguard invested the scenes of the fire incident, some of the residents of the area said the incident started at about 2am Friday morning, adding that the accident happened like that of Upper Iweka on Wednesday, in which the fuel tanker disengaged from truck carrying it and fell on the road spreading through water channels on both sides of the expressway, and then into Omagba phase II area of Onitsha.

It was a pathetic sight when Vanguard visited the scene of the incident, as the affected people counted their losses in workshops, machines tools, goods for sale, materials for work and cash they left in their shops for purchase of materials for works and goods for sales.

– Vanguard