Petrol tanker catches fire at Kwara filling station

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Firefighters in Kwara State have averted a major disaster after a petrol tanker caught fire during a fuel transfer at a filling station in Moro LGA. Read More:…

Firefighters in Kwara State averted a major disaster after a petrol tanker carrying about 55,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit caught fire during a fuel transfer operation at a filling station in Moro Local Government Area.

The incident occurred on Friday night at A’A BA’AGEE Nigeria Limited, Aadogun Village, along the Bode Saadu-Kaiama Road, with the inferno threatening the filling station and its underground fuel storage facilities.

The Kwara State Fire Service said it received a distress call at 9:58 p.m. and deployed firefighters to the scene, where they found the tanker already engulfed in flames.

In a statement issued on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, Hassan Adekunle, the agency said its personnel immediately began intensive firefighting operations to prevent the fire from spreading to the filling station and its storage facilities.

According to the agency, the fire was brought under control at 12:20 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, after sustained efforts by the firefighters.

“Although the tanker was affected by the fire, the filling station and the 55,000 litres of PMS in the tanker were successfully protected, thereby preventing what could have resulted in a major disaster,” the statement said.

The fire service stated that information gathered at the scene indicated that the tanker had delivered the petroleum product to the facility and was transferring its contents into an underground storage tank when the fire broke out.

It added that the driver attempted to move the burning tanker away from the filling station to reduce the threat to the facility.

“During the transfer process, a sudden fire reportedly erupted and caught the tanker,” the agency said.

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