Many Feared Dead, 13 Vehicles Burnt After Tanker Explosion In Edo State

Tanker Explosion Swallows 13 Vehicles At University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).

About 13 vehicles have been burnt this morning while many persons razed to death in a fire resulting from a tanker explosion in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).

The fuel-laden tanker was said to have exploded after a collision with a truck and a commercial bus.

Men of the Edo State Fire Service were said to have arrived the scene to out the fire.

Sources said the fire started at about 5:30am and was still burning as at press time.

More details later….