Fuel Tanker Explodes, Kills Three People In Rivers State

According to reports, a PetrolTanker was running against traffic towards ITL Offices in Port Harcourt in an attempt to discharge some petrol to some Hausa-Fulani boys selling stolen fuel & diesel close to ITL Offices. 

Unfortunately a woman driver was coming out of a side street without knowing the tanker was taking a one-way route and when the tanker driver saw her  suddenly he swerved to avoid hitting her and lost control. 

He finally tumbled into the gutter nearby and discharged the full content of 33,000 liters of petrol which promptly caught fire. As the tanker was exploding, to make matters worse,  huge quantities of fuel and diesel already stored by the Hausa-Fulani illegal fuel  merchants joined the fire to create the greatest inferno ever witnessed around Port Harcourt. 

Several buildings, cars, and unlucky humans including the truck driver and his assistant were quickly consumed to bare bones and skull. 

The fire raged for hours and billowing smoke mixed with fire floated towards ITL Offices with searing heat. Panic and pandemonium was the order as some staff who were at work scrambled for safety and tried to remove some vehicles and equipment from the offices

The fatal accident happened yesterday along, Km1 Eleme-Onne road,Port Harcourt.

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