Over 95 people are feared to have died after a tanker exploded in Okogbe town in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State this on Thursday morning.
The fuel tanker was reported to have broken down overnight on a road in the area and was gushing fuel.
A large crowd of people reportedly gathered around the tanker, scooping fuel leaking from the tanker.
According to an eyewitness, while the scooping of fuel was on, the tanker exploded.
The fire that broke out from the explosion consumed scores of persons at the spot.
The spokesman of the Rivers State police command, Ben Ugwuegbulam, who confirmed the incidence, said that “early this morning a tanker loaded with petrol fell in Okogbe and people trooped to the scene obviously to scoop the spilled fuel and suddenly there was fire resulting in casualties.”
He said it was too early to give a casualty figure.
