Petrol Tanker Bursts Into Flame at Ilorin Filling Station

Date: 2024-01-26

A 45,000-litre petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. DAILY POST correspondent who witnessed the incident reports that the quick response of the state fire service saved the filling station from a major fire disaster. The fire incident occurred at about 19:44 hours, at the filling station located opposite Government Secondary School, Maraba, on Old Jebba Road, Ilorin.

The petrol tanker, with registration number PTG 534 XA, was attempting to transfer PMS into the station's reservoir.

Within 10 minutes, the firefighters successfully brought the inferno under control and extinguished it.

Spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed that “investigation revealed that the tanker, having travelled a considerable distance, became excessively hot, leading to the ignition of spilled petrol during the transfer to the filling station's underground reservoir.”

Present at the scene was Hon. AbdulRazaq Jiddah, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, who commended the firefighters for their heroic efforts and rapid response in preventing further damage to the filling station and nearby structures.

Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, urged the general public to always play safe, especially during this period.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kazeem Gbolagade     Maja     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Haleeman Salman     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Arik     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Congress For National Consensus     Goodluck Jonathan     General Hospital     Mohammed Danjuma     Ayinke Saka     AbdulRauf Keji     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Okala Baba     Ubandawaki     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Sabi     Segun Abifarin     Fareedah Dankaka     Cornelius Fawenu     Lai Gobir     Asa     Kaiama     Nurudeen Mohammed     Abdulwahab Ololele     Tsaragi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Yashikira     Metro Park     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Bayo Ojo     Oni Adebayo     Bayo Onimago     Abikan     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Hijab     Borgu     Babata     Dele Momodu     Rasaq Jimoh     Tafida Of Ilorin     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ijagbo     National Party Of Nigeria     Garment Factory     Issa Oloruntogun     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ogbondoroko     Ayodele Shittu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     COEASU     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Gwanara     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Forgo Battery Company Limited     IDPU     Musa Abdullahi     Jimoh Akani     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Kwara Basketball Association     Village Alive Development Association     Rapheal Ashaolu     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Adisa Logun     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ilorin International Airport     Kwara State Fire Service     Sulyman Buhari     Peter Amogbonjaye     Mashood Dauda     Tayo Alao    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Florence Saraki     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Kwarareports.com     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     MINILS     Ibrahim Mohammed     Kwara Consultative Forum     Yaru     Kisira     Olofa Of Offa     Gbajabiamila     Tanke Road     Sanitation Exercise     Esinrogunjo     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Adedipe     Sobi FM     Isiaka Yusuf     Gbenga Olawepo     Baruten     Mohammed Haruna     Iponrin     Aminat Omodara     Suleiman Mora Omar     AbdulHamid Adi     Solomon Edoja     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Yusuf Abubakar     Orisa Bridge     Khairat Gwadabe     Afonja     Makama Of Kaiama     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     George Funsho Adebayo     Logun     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Donatus Ejidike     Emir Of Lafiagi     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Okala Baba     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Musa Abdullahi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Suleiman Abubakar     Dogara     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ethical College     Ijagbo Health Centre     Alapado     Saheed Alakoso     Ubandoma     Kazeem Oladepo     CELF     Akorede     Okin Malt     Salihu Yahaya     Kwara Liberation Group     Monthly Sanitation     Idofin     Jaigbade Alao     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Tafida     Mashood Dauda     Laboratory-to-Product     Omotosho     Modibo Kawu     Abdulmajeed Wahab     V.O. Abioye     Lotus Bank     KWIRS     Yahaya Seriki     GAMA     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Trader Moni     Alimi Abdulrazaq