No fewer than 64 persons were reported to have sustained various
degrees of injuries as a petrol tanker exploded on Saturday in
Kano.
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The incidence happened at the Al-ihsan filling station at
Sharada in Kano Municipal Area of Kano State.
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Malam Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman of the Kano Fire Service,
confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Kano.
Abdullahi said out of the injured victims, eight fire service
personnel were involved, adding that no live was lost.
“On receiving a distress call from one Malam Umar Shuai’bu and
Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) at about 04:20p.m that there
was a tanker that has caught fire in Sharada.
“We quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of
the incident at about 04:24p.m to rescue the victims”.
He said that the tanker was offloading petroleum products at the
filling station when the incident occurred.
“The victims were taken to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital
and Nasarawa Hospital,” he said.
He appealed to the public to always call the fire service
immediately they encounter any fire incident. (NAN)
No fewer than 64 persons were reported to have sustained various
degrees of injuries as a petrol tanker exploded on Saturday in
Kano.
The incidence happened at the Al-ihsan filling station at
Sharada in Kano Municipal Area of Kano State.
Malam Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman of the Kano Fire Service,
confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Kano.
Abdullahi said out of the injured victims, eight fire service
personnel were involved, adding that no live was lost.
“On receiving a distress call from one Malam Umar Shuai’bu and
Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) at about 04:20p.m that there
was a tanker that has caught fire in Sharada.
“We quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of
the incident at about 04:24p.m to rescue the victims”.
He said that the tanker was offloading petroleum products at the
filling station when the incident occurred.
“The victims were taken to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital
and Nasarawa Hospital,” he said.
He appealed to the public to always call the fire service
immediately they encounter any fire incident. (NAN)