The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with families of the victims of a fuel tanker fire incident at Obalende area of Lagos.
This is even as reports said the fire incident had claimed the life of one person while several others were injured.
A release Friday in Abuja by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that NNPC wished all those that sustained injuries in the incident quick recovery.
The corporation explained that all the injured people had been rushed to the hospital while further investigation is on to determine the cause of the accident.
A fuel truck belonging to NPPC’s petroleum products retail affiliate, NNPC Retail Limited, was involved in the road accident while conveying petrol from the Satellite depot to the NNPC Mega Station in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The mishap which occurred around 5pm Friday led to the inferno which consumed the petrol -laden truck in front of a hospital and gas station.
The corporation expressed appreciation to the good spirited people of Lagos around the scene of the incident and fire service personnel who brought the fire under control.
Meanwhile, the tanker, owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, was said to have tipped over before bursting into flames in front of Oando filling station.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the development, said the 45,000-litre capacity tanker loaded with petrol caught fire after fallinf on its side in front of the filling station.
He said after the LASEMA got the distress call about the fire, officials from the agency were dispatched to the scene where they along with men of the Lagos State Fire Service and the Federal Fire Service fought and brought the fire under control.
Oke-Osanyintolu said: “Unfortunately, the inferno has resulted in a single fatality, 15 minor casualties, and one major casualty, who happens to be a Lagos State Firefighter.
He has been subsequently transferred to the Lagos State General Hospital for treatment while the minor casualties received on the scene medical attention.
“We appeal for calm and urge members of the public to keep away and allow the responders to complete their work.”
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