Tanker fire consumes houses, cars, bikes in Aba

In from Olumide Olaoluwa …
An early morning inferno along the busy Aba-Owerri road in the commercial city of Abia State has led to the destruction of property valued at over N5million.
The incident came three days after four persons were killed by an articulated truck that rammed into commercial tricycles and a SUV in a nearby ditch.
Though no life was lost in the fire incident, seven vehicles, three commercial tricycles and residential buildings within the vicinity were destroyed.

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An eyewitness said the truck loaded with diesel was entering a filling station along Aba-Owerri road to discharge its content when it overturned its content on the road
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were battling to put out the raging fire as at the time of filing this report.

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