Yesterday Dec 13th 2015 , A heavy fire tragedy wa recorded in Abuja
today, as a tanker loaded with fuel caught fire at the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Super Mega Station, the largest one in
Nigeria, along Kubwa road in Abuja. The fire, which started at 5.30pm as
a tanker was trying to discharge fuel into an underground storage tank,
caused staff, customers, and bystanders to flee to safety. Sources at
the scene said no lives were lost in the inferno. The driver of the
tanker, who escaped unharmed, told SaharaReporters the fire was ignited
from the underground tank when he was discharging the fuel. Staff and
passersby frantically tried to put out the fire with extinguishers, but
all to no avail as they exhausted the extinguishers without making any
impact.
It took the timely intervention of Federal Fire Service and National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials from Kubwa, who battled the
raging fire finally put off. Customers who were in the station at the
time of the incident hurriedly moved their cars away to avoid being
caught up, more photos below.
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