Metro
Tragedy averted as fire guts vehicle in Ekiti filling station
There was pandemonium in Awedele area, of Ado-Ekiti, around 10:00 am on Friday, as a commercial bus (18 seater) parked in a popular filling station, Alade Global Link, suddenly burst into flames.
It was gathered that the bus was one of the vehicles parked overnight on the premises of the petrol station.
A source, who thanked God that the incident didn’t happen in the night, disclosed that the fire was blazing out from underneath the vehicle, and an alarm was raised attracted people around.
He added the prompt intervention of market men and women from Awedele market in the area, which is a stone throw from the filling station, helped workers of the petrol station to push the burning vehicle out to the road where fire extinguishers, detergents and water were used to put out the fire.
The source of the fire could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
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