At least 25 people were killed and 15 injured in a fire that broke out when a tanker carrying oil collided with another truck in western Nigeria, in an accident that also involved a passenger bus.
In a statement released this Wednesday by local media, the spokesman for the firefighters of the Nigerian state of Kwara, Haddan Hakeem Adekunle, stated that the accident occurred last Tuesday in the town of Peke, next to a road.
“Firefighters worked diligently to put out the fire but sadly, 25 lives were lost and about 15 people were rescued with injuries,” Adekunle added.
According to the spokesperson, the tanker truck, coming from neighboring Niger state, was traveling on the wrong side of the road, which caused a head-on collision with the other heavy vehicle, coming from Lagos state (south).
“The collision caused a fire that quickly consumed both vehicles and also affected an 18-seater bus from Lagos,” Adekunle said, appealing to the public to take safety measures.
These types of tanker accidents occur relatively frequently in Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest oil producers.
At least ten people died last April in Plateau state, central Nigeria, when a tanker carrying gasoline exploded.
In February last year, at least 17 people died in the southwest of the country, on the highway that connects the cities of Lagos and Ibadan (southwest), when a bus collided with a tanker truck.
Source: TSF
