Fire Guts Abuja Fuel Station As Tanker Explodes

A fuel station located around Karu Expressway, Nyanya, Federal Capital Territory(FCT) caught fire after a tanker exploded.

It was gathered that the fuel tanker had entered the fuel station to offload the Premium Motor Spirit before it exploded and caused a wild fire that gutted the fuel station.

“The fire incident was caused by a fuel tanker that entered the station to offload fuel,” an eyewitness disclosed this.

Meanwhile, operatives of the FCT Fire Service are currently at the scene as the fire is being curtailed.

The spokesperson for the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, made it known there was no human casualty.

Adebayo said, “The incident is under control as our men quickly swung to action. Also, there’s no human casualty.”