By Cajetan Mmuta
Two persons have been roasted alive in a gas explosion fire that occurred Tuesday morning in Anambra State.
The incident which involved a lorry laden with gas and a shuttle bus happened around 8:40 am at Odumodu village junction in Umunya town in Oyi local government area, along the Onitsha-Awka-Enugu expressway.
It was learnt that the tanker lorry laden with the Petroleum product was heading towards Awka the state capital from the commercial town of Onitsha when its tyre burst which forced it to hit a commercial shuttle bus and exploded in the process.
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Director of Anambra State Fire Service Engr. Martin Agbili in a statement to the newsmen in Awka confirmed the incident.
He said, “We received a distress call at about 0840 hours (8:40 am) on Tuesday 24th May 2022 that a tanker loaded with gas had a burst tyre which resulted in a collision with a shuttle bus that caused the fire explosion at Odumodu village in Umunya town.”
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He explained further,”We immediately deployed our firemen to move down to the fire incident scene to extinguish the fire.”
According to the eyewitnesses and what we could confirm, two people were burnt to death.
“By the grace of God, the fire was completely extinguished and no other casualties were recorded during the fire fighting. We left the fire incident scene at about 1130 hours (11:30 am).”
