It was a dark weekend
for the people Umuokpo in Amairinabuo Community of Obingwa LGA of Abia State,
when a fuel tanker exploded killing several people and injuring others,
According to Daily Sun unconfirmed
report, over 20 people, who rushed to scoop fuel from the fallen tanker, were
burnt to death, while others, including 10 persons, said to be on danger list
in a mission hospital in the area, sustained various degrees of burns.
The incident, which
happened at Kilometer 10 on the Aba/Ikot Ekpene Highway last Friday, was said
to have occurred when a Mack fuel tanker with the registration number ABIA: XA
976 KKE, heading towards Aba, got stuck in mud as a result of bad road
condition.
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