Over 69 persons burnt to death on Sunday evening when a trailer loaded
with petrol rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iwekas, Onitsha
and exploded.
Over 69 persons burnt to death
on Sunday evening when a trailer loaded with petrol that was descending
from Army barracks side of Onitsha Enugu express way lost control and
rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iweka Onitsha and exploded.
Eleven
vehicles mostly commuter buses and two motorcycles inside the Asaba
Park Onitsha including the 40 foot tanker laden with petrol burnt beyond
repairs inside the park.
Governor Willie Obiano
and a State Commissioner were overflowing with emotions as they broke
into tears upon seeing the disaster the explosion caused.
The
Nigerian Red Cross Society officials were the first to arrive at the
scene of the incident, and according to its Chairman Prof Peter Emeka
Kathy “we have sixty nine burnt to dead persons as at now, there are
other 30 casualties, a casualty is a living person, a dead person is no
longer a casualty, so 69 persons are dead, and they have been evaluated
to various mortuaries in Onitsha, from Toronto to St Charles Boromneo
Mortuaries and others in town”.
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