The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mrs Zubaida Umar, has activated the agency’s Benin Operations Office to coordinate emergency response efforts following a tanker fire incident in Auchi, Edo State.
The incident occurred at about 8:00pm on Tuesday along the Auchi–Jattu Road when a fuel tanker reportedly lost control and fell, leading to the spillage of its contents into an underground drainage system.
The spillage, according to emergency officials, triggered multiple explosions at different points along the drainage channel, causing panic among residents of the affected area.