Fire guts worship centre, houses in Benin

A worship centre and several houses, have been consumed by fire at Owan community in Ovia South West Local Government Area, near Benin, in Edo State, when a tanker carrying petroleum product from Benin heading towards Akure fell into a gutter and burst into flames.

Penpushing reports that, eye witness, Mathew Fapohunda in his account said the incident occurred on Thursday between 4p.m. and 5p.m, adding that  a petroleum laden tanker which fell and spilled its content burst into flames, burning down buildings and shops, including a church along the Benin-Akure axis of the community.

“A tanker carrying petroleum product from Benin heading towards Akure fell into a gutter and burst into flames. We didn’t have the opportunity to verify the content of the truck as people ran for their lives’, he said

“We were helpless, but we quickly contacted the Okomu Oil Palm Company, which sent their fire truck. Though they put out the fire but not before several houses, shops and a church along the road have been completely razed by the fire, consuming everything inside them worth millions of naira”, Fapohunda added

Penpushing further reports that, the witness, who is one of the community leaders in Owan, said no human casualty was recorded in the incident, and in the same vein, when contacted, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo State, Henry Benamaisia, said the command was yet to be briefed on the incident as at the time of filing this report.

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