A tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, on Saturday exploded in Olambe-Matogun Road in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, and burnt down 10 buildings.
The tanker collapsed as the driver conveying the petrol to a filling station in the area lost control of the vehicle due to the bad road.
The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident stating that the incident occurred at about 7.00 a.m.
“Though no life was lost nor anyone sustained injury, but about 10 buildings were consumed in the incident.
“The situation was mitigated with most of the content spilling into the canal close to the scene.
“This saved the community from serious incident that could have affected more people.” He said.
According to him, the fire had been put out.
