The incident was said to have started when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit or petrol coming from the Zik Roundabout end of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway lost control around Toronto Hospital and veered off the service lane.Over 30 private and government-owned transport companies, including luxury bus operators along the area were lucky to escape the fire.
“You can see people looking helplessly as their houses, shops, goods and flats burnt down. If not for the courage of some youths, some elderly men and women including children trapped in over 10 buildings would have perished in the fire,” the source said.There was also a mild drama when two toilet-drilling tankers on their way to a disposal site were forced by some angry youths in the area to use the faeces mixed with water in the tank to put off the fire.
Police spokesman Haruna Mohammed said the woman and her child were burnt beyond recognition, adding that there remains had been deposited in a nearby morgue.
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