Also destroyed in the explosion were scores of makeshift shops used by roadside hawkers, a mini Park used by the members of the National Road and Transport Workers Union (NRTWU), some houses and cars parked within the vicinity of the crash.
Eyewitness told LEADERSHIP that the widow, who sold local gin, was caught in the explosion due to her ill health. The number of death recorded was attributed to the commercial nature of the area. Many of the occupants of the makeshift shops were out selling sachet water and other drinks along the road leading to Yenagoa.
Vehicular movement was stopped for hours and the late arrival of the men of the Bayelsa State Fire Service to the scene provoked onlookers and those that suffered various degrees of losses to stone the fire fighters and their vehicles.
An auto mechanic, whose workshop and vehicles under repairs were razed by the Tanker fire, Mr.Musa Kasumu, told LEADERSHIP that he has lost everything including his shop and residence. “Everything was burnt down by the fire and as you can see, the fire-service just got here".
The Head of operation, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ahoada Unit of Rivers State ,Mr. Alagoa Oja attributed the crash and explosion of the Fuel Tanker to impatience."Tthe tanker was coming from the Warri axis.
Naturally this a junction, and there is bound to be traffic as always, but he wasn't patient enough, so he tried to dodge a smaller car lost control. All he should have done was queue behind the other vehicles."
[Leadership News]
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