“The tanker was conveying fuel and fell down at that particular junction and fuel gushed out of the tanker and it spread to a nearby fuel station towards Oweto and the filling station caught fire and several houses around the area got burnt.”
The Vice-Chairman said the situation was compounded due to the non-availability of fire service in the local government. Ikwulono said that the people had to resort to the use of manual efforts to put out the fire, but added that “the damage has already been done”.
This is unbecoming in all the states. When are we going to have good terrains in the country.
May God help the Agatu community, they have experienced too much loss. Let there be healing now in Agatu, by Gods grace
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