No fewer than sixty people were burnt beyond
recognition this evening
in Ibadan when a fuel tanker fell at the popular
Molete Under-bridge,
splashing its highly inflammable content on all
objects in sight with an
accompanying inferno. The accident that occurred
around 9 pm left
scores dead and many people injured with varied
degrees of injury.
When the Street Journal visited the scene of the
accident, there was
commotion as many people were still trying to
find their wards and
relatives that just passed though the area. Eye
witness accounts have it
that the fuel tanker that was coming from
Challenge end of Molete had
a break failure and the driver subsequently lost its
control before it
rammed into a pole under the bridge, resulting in
the fire disaster.
It was gathered at the scene of the accident that
about dozens of Okada
riders and some commuters were caught up in
the ensued fire disaster.
Traders by the roadsides particularly, the bread
sellers were roasted like
bush meat. All the adjoining streets had a fair
share of the disaster as
casualties figures are expected to rise as many
people were caught
unawares in their shops. A combined team of
security operatives and
the state emergency agencys were on ground to
ensure that the number
of casualties was drastically brought under
control.
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