Driver dead, one injured in Ibadan petrol tanker explosion

A tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), fondly called petrol, has exploded, killing its driver and injured one other person in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Akinyinka disclosed that the petrol tanker  lost control, rammed into two other trucks, somersaulted into nearby pit, and burst into fire on Wednesday.

He said the incident resulted in the death of the tanker driver and injured the motor boy.

Akinyinka stated: “The incident happened around Fijabi House, Agbowo, Ojoo, Iwo Road Expressway.

“The agency received a distress call about the fire incident at exactly 2:45 a.m. through a telephone call.

“Then the service swiftly deployed personnel to the scene and curtailed the fire from spreading to the nearby residential area.

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“On arrival, we met three trucks of 20 metres distance from one another that  involved in the fire incident.

“The driver was burnt to death while the motor boy was rescued alive and taken to the  University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for treatment.”

Akinyinka stressed that the tanker was destroyed by the fire while the other two trucks were rescued by the service’s personnel.

“The agency’s Director of Operations, Mr Ismail Adeleke with team members, the police and some other security agencies were at the scene to prevent breakdown of law and order,” he added.

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