8 persons burnt to death in a tanker explosion in Edo community





By Editor

March 10, 2025



Eight passengers have been burnt to death in a tanker explosion in the Agbede community in Etsako West Local Government Area of the State.


DailyMonitorngr reports that the accident happened on Sunday in the community by channel 5, along the Auchi- Benin expressway.


Cyril Mathew, the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accident to newsmen on Monday in Benin City.


Mathew said the accident involved four vehicles with two of them carrying diesel and other petroleum products.


Mathew said the information available to him, revealed that one of the tankers descending the Ewu hill on the Benin-Auchi road had a failed brake and in the process rammed into other vehicles which ignited fire.


According to him, as of today, Monday,  after the fire service had put out the fire, we counted seven corpses including the two that died on Sunday. 


"Four victims with varying degrees of injuries were rushed to the hospital. Out of the four, one of the  victims died  this morning bringing the total to eight", he said.






He disclosed that there was a congestion on the road and the driver of the truck and his motor boy were shouting no break, no brake and in the process rammed into two other vehicles caught in the traffic and one stationary vehicle.


He noted that those that died were trapped in the traffic and not that they were scooping the content of the tankers.






Mathew, however commended men and officers of the road safety corps as well as the villagers who he said supported  the personnel in manning the area to avoid many casualties.


However, an eyewitness account had it that the victims were burnt beyond recognition.












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