Posted by Samuel on Sun 25th May, 2025 - tori.ng
It was gathered that the truck caught fire while in motion at Gurumaraji area along the Lagos/ Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
A trailer carrying car tyres was gutted by fire in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.
According to Daily Post, it was gathered that the truck caught fire while in motion at Gurumaraji area along the Lagos/ Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
Properties worth millions of naira were said to have been destroyed but no casualty was recorded in the incident.
In another development, a petroleum tanker, carrying 45 litres of petrol fell around Olunde junction in the Olomi area of Ibadan in a near fatal accident.
The incident which occurred on the same Saturday did not record any casualties.
It was gathered that the tanker with registration number GBS19XB, loaded with PMS swerved off the road and rammed into a nearby gutter, spilling its content.
Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, who confirmed the two incidents, said the surface of the spillage was quickly doused with chemical to avert a fire outbreak.
Akinwande in a statement on Sunday said, “The first incident was reported at exactly 12:04hrs. Immediately the address was taken,fire personnel led by ACFS Adedeji promptly deployed to the scene of the incident and on getting there, It was a HOWO trailer tanker regd. no.GBS19XB of 45,000 liters capacity loaded with PMS swerved off the road and into the nearby gutter and content leaking.
“We quickly blinded the surface of the spillage with chemical foam compound and prevented it from catching fire that might lead to explosion. The incident was as a result of breaking system failure.
“However, another distressed fire call was received at exactly 14:38hrs. On arrival, we met an INVECO trailer truck loaded with tyres on fire whilst on motion and well alight. Without delaying we swiftly swung into action and the fire was completely extinguished”.