Fuel tanker causes fire outbreak in Onitsha market, lives and properties lost

18/10/2019

A tanker loaded with petrol has caused a fire outbreak in Onitsha which has destroyed lives and property. Check details of the incident here!

Many residents of Onitsha, Anambra state have been left devastated after a petrol laden tanker crashed inside a drainage channel at Upper Iweka sparking a fire.

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The petrol tanker lost control and fell inside the drainage channel at Upper Iweka,Onitsha

Reports reaching Naijacarnews say a mother and her daughter were burnt in the fire outbreak, while a lot of traders and residents at the Ochanga market lost their properties, which was said to run into millions.

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One of the persons who was burnt by the tanker fire explosion

An eye witness narrated that the tanker lost control and fell inside a pavement that's between the expressways near Toronto hospital, Upper Iweka, spilling its content. A fire broke out from the spilled fuel and burnt a lot of shops and houses in the area.

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