JUST IN: Driver, motor boy burnt to death as fire guts petrol tanker at Ibadan filling station
Two persons have been confirmed dead in a fire incident that occurred at the Orita Challenge outlet of GABSTAB Petrol Station in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
In a statement released by the General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, a petrol tanker driver and his assistant popularly called ‘motor boy’ lost their lives in the incident.
Akinyinka said the fire service immediately deployed its men to the scene on receiving information about the fire at 5.15 a.m.
“We got information about the GABSTAB Mega Petrol Station, Orita Challenge, fire incident at 5.15 a.m. and deployed our men immediately.
“The driver and motor boy were burnt to death,” he said.
The general manager, however, said the fire had been controlled, and more details about the incident would later be provided.
This is coming barely two month after the driver of a petrol tanker lost his life while his assistant while his motor boy was rescued by men of the Oyo State Fire Service along Iwo – Ojoo Road in Ibadan, the state capital.
Director of Operations of the agency, I.A. Adeleke who confirmed the incident said the driver was recovered from the fire, while the ‘motor boy’ was rescued alive and conveyed to the University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment.
Adeleke said the petrol tanker was razed by the devastating fire, while other two trucks and vehicles’ parts at the scene of the inferno were saved by the agency’s personnel.
He disclosed that the accident occurred when the trailer tanker carrying PMS lost control while on motion, hitting two other trucks at the front.
Adeleke added that the two vehicles somersaulted into a nearby ditch and subsequently exploding into flames.
He added that prompt response by the agency’s personnel averted fire disaster considering that the trailer was loaded with petroleum content at the time of the incident.
