Members of the Oyo State Fire Service Agency have prevented a petrol explosion after a tanker carrying 45,000 litres of premium motor spirit lost control while in motion, fell by the roadside, and its contents began gushing out.
Multiple witnesses told The PUNCH on Friday that the incident occurred at Onigari village in Oyo, on the Oyo/Ogbomoso expressway, around 12:20 pm on Thursday.
An eyewitness, Remi Olasunkanmi, said, “The incident occurred when the driver was trying to manoeuvre the potholes. Immediate intervention and deployment of the fire service men saved the day, the petrol tanker would have gone in flame.”
The state Chairman of the Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Ibadan, the state capital, on Friday.
