A fire incident has razed a part of a filling station in 7th Mile, Ogidi, near Onitsha in Anambra state.
According to reports, the fire started at about 11 am on Friday when a petrol tanker discharging its content at the filling station sparked a fire. The Anambra Fire Service however, was able to successfully put off the fire and prevent it from escalating.
No life was however, lost as a result of the fire, although the cost of damages could not be immediately ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
Confirming the incident, the Anambra State Fire Service chief, Mr. Martin Agbili, stated that both state and federal fire services were there to successfully put out the fire after responding to a distress call of the fire outbreak.
He noted that the cause of the fire was a spark from the pumping ground during their trans-loading process, warning petrol filling station owners to stop discharging and trans-loading under the intensity of the sun or during the day as the practice is best done in the night, or in the early hours of the morning.
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