Disaster averted in Warri as tankers explode

Disaster was averted in Effurun, Delta State on Friday when two petroleum tankers caught fire at Avwenayeri petrol filling station on Airport road.


The Nation learnt that the fire was sparked off during the transloading of product suspected to be kerosene from a truck with registration number Lagos XN 321 JJJ to another.

Although what sparked off the inferno was not immediately known, eyewitnesses’ accounts indicated that it was possibly sparked off from the pumping machine.

Although no life was lost, source put the cost of the devastation at over N20million.

“It could have been worse because if it was petrol involved it could have spread around even up to adjoining buildings and cars on the busy road.”

The owner of one of the trucks marked in the colours of Oando, Mr Martin Okolie told our reporter that he got a call about the incident while he was still in bed.