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Breaking:15 Dead As Ondo Explosion Claims Lives Of Fuel Scoopers

The commercial town of Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State was on Sunday evening struck by tragedy as a tanker explosion claimed multiple lives in the community.

 

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CityNews Nigeria gathered that residents of the area had besieged the scene of a crash to scoop petrol from a truck when the incident occurred.

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Eyewitnesses recounted that the fuel, which had spilled onto the road, was ignited by a spark emanating from a mobile phone held by one of the individuals involved in the fuel scooping.

 

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The incident occurred along Showboy road, near a filling station in the area.

John, an okada rider in the vicinity, who gave harrowing details of the tragedy, disclosed that the inferno claimed the lives of over 15 individuals.

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According to him, the victims who were roasted to death include three children and a pregnant woman.

“After the truck crashed, people began to rush to the scene to scoop fuel. It was in the process that the truck exploded.

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“Three children died, and we have counted over 15 bodies. A pregnant woman who wanted to buy fuel also died,” he disclosed.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, Fumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, confirmed the incident and described the victims as fuel scoopers.

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