Explosion Rocks Asaba

Anioma filling station along Okpanam road ,by Macdon fast food, in Asaba, Delta was engulfed in flames on Friday, December 25, Nigerian News Headlines reports.

A scene from the filling station Photo credit: The Base

According to reports the inferno was said to have started when a tanker attempted offloading fuel causing chaos as people who trooped into Macdon fast food centre to enjoy the Christmas began running helter-skelter.

However no casualties have been confirmed yet.

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In a related development, an industrial gas plant recently on Thursday, December 24, in the industrial town of Nnewi, Anambra state. Initial reports had it that over 100 people were reportedly burnt to death, but the police in the state have explained that only eight corpses have been counted.

The explosion occurred at Chikason Group gas plant in Nnewi just few hours to Christmas.

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