There was pandemonium this morning in Nnewi, Anambra State when a truck loaded with diesel went up in flames at a filling station along Nnewi-Nnobi Road, Nnewi.
An eyewitness, Val Okonkwo who has a shop close to the filling station said the incident happened when a truck loaded with diesel attempted to transfer the product to another smaller tanker at the filling station.
According to the eye witness, the hose of a generator they were using to do the transfer pulled out and the diesel spread on the generator which started the fire.
It was gathered that the fire became increasingly high, prompting the driver of the smaller tanker to quickly drove off to enable the bigger tanker to also drive out but before they could complete this process the fire nearly trapped the big tanker driver who escaped by whiskers.
The diesel flew along the drain burning everything on its way.
Fire fighters who came in combatted the fire, together with youths in Nnewi who trooped out in their numbers to help out.
No life was lost in the fire incident. However, all the dispensing meters at the filling station, a motorcycle, generator and the long truck were all burnt.
Also burnt were deep freezers, some shops and anything that stood along the track the fire traveled.
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