No fewer than eight persons, including a mother and her child, were reportedly burnt to death in a petroleum tanker explosion at Ometan-Okpe community, along Effurun-Sapele Road, Okpe Local Council of Delta State.
The Guardian gathered that the mother of the three month-old-baby was roasted while attempting to rescue her baby, who was trapped in the inferno.
The fuel laden tanker also razed several residential buildings, an oil and gas company complex and some makeshift buildings, three vehicles and heavy duty truck worth billions of naira.
A witness said that the incident occurred, on Friday, as the tanker carrying fuel developed mechanical fault, and exploded at Ometan-Okpe junction. The lifeless bodies of some of the victims, which included a 16-year-old secondary schoolgirl and her mother trapped in their apartment were still at the spot, where they were burnt, as at yesterday.
Those at the scene of the incident blamed the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
