15 fuel scoopers burnt to death as fuel tanker explodes in Ondo

On Sunday evening, disaster hit the commercial town of Ore in Ondo State’s Odigbo Local Government Area when a tanker explosion left several people dead.

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According to information obtained by Platinum Times Nigeria, locals flocked to the disaster site to scavenge gasoline from a vehicle around the time the incident took place.

According to eyewitness accounts, the petrol that had spilled onto the road was set ablaze by a spark from a cell phone that one of the people scooping the fuel was holding.

The incident happened close to a local gas station on Showboy Road.

Over 15 people perished in the inferno, according to John, an okada rider who was nearby and described the catastrophe in horrifying detail.

He claims that three kids and a pregnant mother were among the victims who were burned to death.

“After the truck crashed, people began to rush to the scene to scoop fuel. It was in the process that the truck exploded.

“Three children died, and we have counted over 15 bodies. A pregnant woman who wanted to buy fuel also died,” he disclosed.