Another Fuel Tanker Catches Fire in Onitsha

Tragedy was averted Friday morning after another petrol tanker fell, spilling fuel into a canal in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The media gathered from residents of Omagba Phase two in Onitsha that the tanker fell at about 4am on Friday, the whole content spilled and caught fire.

"As the product flowed through the canal, its fire was spreading too," a source in the area said.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident caused confusion in the town because of Wednesday's incident, which residents of the city were yet to recover from.

Narrating the incident, the source said, "PMS laden tanker early this morning lost control and rammed into a parked caterpillar in front of Bessoy Filling Station, along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Onitsha.

" The tanker started emptying its content on the tarmac, parked cars and balls of fire erupted.