Several
people are now feared dead and many other injured while scooping fuel from a
fallen petrol tanker in Ahoada West Local Government Area Rivers State.
An
eyewitness of the incident told our correspondent that residents in the
communities surrounding the area had rushed out to scoop up content from the
overturned petrol tanker before a fire was ignited.
The
eyewitness also said traffic on the Ahoada West Road which is a major exist and
entry point into Rivers State has been blocked.
The
Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer BEN UGWUEGBULEM confirmed the
incident but did not give any official figure of the casualties.
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