At least two persons were feared to have suffered some burns in a Wednesday morning fire at Nine Energies filling station, Asero, Abeokuta. According to an eye witness, the fire started at about 10am, when a medium-size tanker was offloading diesel into another tanker. The victims were reported to include the driver of the tanker
Two persons were feared dead on Wednesday in a fire outbreak which occurred at Nine Energies filling station in Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Daily Trust gathered that the fire outbreak occurred when a medium tanker was offloading diesel into another tanker. It was further gathered that those who were feared dead from the incident included…
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Published 1 May 2021
If the duo of Basirat Shoyola and Dupe Oyebamiji knew that the burial they were going for in Lagos would be their last outing on earth, they probably would have politely declined the invitations.
They were a few kilometres away from their abodes when death struck. It was gathered that Shoyola and Oyebamiji were among those travelling to Lagos to honour a colleague and family friend holding a burial.
Fourteen nurses, two hospital attendants and a driver were involved in the accident which occured on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on April 18, 2021. The accident claimed two lives while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injury.