The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when a tanker conveying petroleum product, fell on the road side in a residential area of the community.
The inferno, according to an eyewitness, razed shops and houses of residents of the area.
The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Emmanuel Shior confirmed the incident to Channels TV.
According to him, a statement will be issued subsequently, noting that he would inform the state governor, Samuel Ortom on the incident.
“The fire inferno at Oshugbudu in Agatu local Government, my local government of origin today, 18-04-2021 which has claimed so many lives and destroyed properties yet to be quantified, is the Chief of all the calamities that have fallen us this year,” he said.
The level of casualties recorded during the incident was still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.
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May God console all who lost their loved ones, properties because of this incident 🙏😢💔
ReplyDelete😱😰 oh my God! What a calamity!!! Ehya, rest on people. I feel for the people affected.
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May God comfort all the families of the victim.
ReplyDeleteThis same Agatu. I remember when Fulani herdsmen massacred a lot of them. It's a pity. God comfort those who lost people and properties.
ReplyDeleteGod's comfort and console the families of the victims.
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort their families and loved ones. So sad
ReplyDeleteMay God console them. This is painful
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