Tanker Collides With Trailer As Early Morning Fire Ravages Residential Building, Shops In Oyo

A fire outbreak has gutted a residential building in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, destroying properties worth millions of naira.

Daily Post reports that the incident occured in the Oke Elerin area of Ogbomoso early Friday morning.

Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno.

Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident. He said that no life was lost in the incident.

Akinwande said, “The fire personnel led by CFS Dairo Rasheedat promptly mobilized to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival, we met six rooms and three shops in an ancient residential building well alighted and we swiftly swung into action, the fire was curtailed and restricted from spreading to other nearby buildings and properties.

“No casualty was recorded. The operation was carried out successfully and properties worth millions of naira were saved by the officers of the fire service. The cause of the fire incident was yet to establish and post fire incident investigation is ongoing to ascertain the root cause of the incident.”

In a related development, a tanker conveying fuel collided with a trailer along the Ibadan/Oyo Expressway on Thursday.

It was learnt that the tanker, with registration number T30874 LA, lost control while on motion and ran into a trailer. No life was lost in the incident.

Akinwande also confirmed the incident.

He said, “On getting there, it was a Mack trailer tanker registration no (Lagos) T30874LA loaded with 45,000 litres capacity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) lost control whilst on motion and ran into a Man Diesel cargo trailer with registration no (BAUCHI)TRR 611SA, content gushing out.

“The firemen swiftly swung into action by covering the surface of the spillage with foam compound to suppress the spillage from catching naked fire within the vicinity. No casualty was recorded and fire service was able to save properties worth millions of naira.”