Major fire disaster averted in Kwara as petrol tanker loses control 

Kwara Fire Service, connected Monday, averted a large occurrence catastrophe astatine a petrol filling presumption successful Ilorin, the authorities capital.

The incident, which occurred astatine 06:02 hours astatine YTK Filling Station, other the Youth Camp, Apata country of Eyenkorin, progressive a 45,000 litre petrol tanker registered ARP 51 XB.

The operator of the petrol tanker reportedly mislaid power portion attempting to reposition the conveyance wrong the premises of the filling station, according to the spokesperson of the authorities Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle successful Ilorin connected Monday.

“The conveyance struck the station’s perimeter fence, causing the tanker compartment containing the PMS to detach from the truck.

“On arrival, firefighters swiftly secured the country and commenced intensive cooling and dampening operations to destruct immoderate imaginable root of ignition and forestall the outbreak of fire.

“Their punctual involution ensured that the highly flammable merchandise did not ignite contempt the unsafe circumstances.

“The spilled substance was subsequently and safely siphoned into different bare tanker nether the adjacent supervision of the occurrence service, bringing the cognition to a palmy decision without immoderate nonaccomplishment of life, injury, oregon harm by fire,” the spokesperson added.

The Chief Fire Officer, CFO, Alabi Muhammed, commended the profes...