Many people have been feared dead and several others injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Omerelu town in lkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State.
According to an eyewitness, a truck loaded with fuel had a brake failure and hit a container while trying to dodge a police checkpoint along Omerelu Owerri road.
The eyewitness added that some houses and other properties worth millions of naira were also burnt in the fire incident.
He said: “A truck loaded with fuel had a brake failure and hit a container while trying to dodge police checkpoint along Omerelu Owerri Road in Omerelu town in lkwerre LGA. Many lives lost, houses burnt to ashes”
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