12 Jul 2012
Dozens of people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a petrol tanker tipped over in Ahoada, near Port Harcourt on Thursday suffered burns when the vehicle caught fire, and some deaths were reported, officials said......
"People rushed there to scoop for fuel and there was a fire which consumed a lot of people," said Rivers State police spokesman, Ben Ugwuegbulem.
A rescue official who requested anonymity said "some were killed in the inferno," but that casualty figures were still being compiled, reports AFP.
Dozens of people "were caught in the blaze," said Onyema Mwachukwu, spokesman for the military's Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state.
Major accidents, often involving large-haul trucks, are common in Nigeria, where many of the roads in extremely poor condition
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