Two people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded in a filling station in Jos. It was revealed that four vehicles and four petrol tankers also caught fire.
The inferno started inside the filling station along Ring-Bauchi Road in Jos North local government at weekend around 10pm when the filling station workers were transferring petrol from one tanker to another.
A witness Zaharaddeen Mohammed whose his house is close to the filling station said that the incident started when the workers of the filling station were transferring petrol from one vehicle to another, and a generator was on.
He explained that the sparks by the generator started the fire ending with killing two: the security man of the station known as Malam Isah, 50 and one of the workers.
He said, “They were burnt beyond recognition. The security man, Malam Isa was burnt inside his room, he wasn’t able to come out from his room as a result of thick and dark smoke that clouded his room.”
Muhammed added that there were four vehicles inside the filling station and four petrol tankers when the incident started, and four vehicles and two tankers were burnt severely, while the other two were partially touched by the fire.
Another witness, Ahmed Isa a security man with a car dealership beside the filling station explained that the fire service officials battled for about six hours before they were able to quench the fire.
He added that some of the vehicle destroyed were one Sharon, three Vectra among others.
Daily Trust observed that the burnt vehicles were evacuated from the filling station.
