20 injured as petrol tanker explodes in Kaduna

By : NAN

Date: 27 October 2023 8:58am WAT

Fire fighters extinguish fire on a fuel tanker among 11 trucks that burst into flames following an accident at Ogere on Lagos - Ibadan expressway on June 22, 2021. - Eleven trucks out of which six were tankers laden with fuel, gas and two cars were burnt in an explosion that left two dead at Ogere, Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident was said to have been caused by a tanker on high speed which ran into a stationery tanker and suddenly burst into flames that spread to other vehicles causing traffic gridlock in the busiest inter-state route in the country. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

No fewer than 20 people sustained various degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion at a petrol station in the Rigasa area of Kaduna.

Mr Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna.

Aboi said among those injured were five Federal fire fighters, some personnel of Kaduna Vigilance Service, and passers-by.

The director said the injured fire service personnel are currently receiving treatment at the Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna.

According to him, the tanker was offloading petrol at the station on Wednesday, when the incident occurred.

Aboi blamed the incident on negligence on the part of the filling station, saying the offloading of the petrol shouldn’t have been done in the afternoon.