NNPC filling station fire destroys 30 vehicles (Video)

A fire outbreak on Monday at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos destroyed 30 vehicles, the state emergency management agency has said.

The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday, said a tanker with 33,000 litres of diesel caught fire while discharging its contents into an underground tank at the NNPC filling station.

He said: “The agency officials received a distress call at about 1:00 p.m. on April 27, concerning a fire outbreak at NNPC filling station located at Yahaya Abatan bus stop, off College Road.

Read also: Farmer, son confess to killing herdsman in Ogun

“The agency’s response team personally coordinated by myself, other emergency responders jointly fought and subsequently extinguished the flames at about 4.49 p.m.

“No casualty or fatality was recorded in the incident. But about 30 vehicles were affected. The combined effort of the emergency responders led to the salvage of properties and buildings nearby”, he said.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fGJFbgvQy/

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now