September 03, (THEWILL) – Properties worth millions of naira have been razed on Saturday, after a tanker laden with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun State.
THEWILL reports that the incident happened at about 7.00 a.m on Onolambe Matogbun Road, off Akute–Oke-aro Road, Oluyole Bus stop, opposite Ike Anobi Mosque, Ifo local government area, Ogun State.
The Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said ten buildings were razed by the inferno.
“Though, no life was lost or anyone sustained injury, but about 10 buildings were consumed in the incident.
“The situation was mitigated with most of the content spilling into the canal close to the scene.
“This saved the community from serious incident that could have affected more people”, Farinloye said.
The NEMA official, however, said the fire had been put out.
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