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Fresh facts emerged, yesterday, on how a pregnant woman, her three children and others, were burnt to death, after a tanker exploded at Ore, in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The pregnant woman, her three children and 18 others said to be scooping fuel from the tanker, which crashed and spilled it’s contents, were reportedly involved in the incident.
The driver of the tanker was said to have lost control, after overspeeding and fell into a ditch on Showboy Road, opposite Optima filling station, in Ore, Sunday evening.
In an interview with locals in the town, one Tijani Diekola told newsmen: “I got here few minutes after the explosion and met some burnt corpses on the ground, but the situation was so tense and nobody could get nearer to the spot.
“It was the next morning that some relatives of the victims were able to recover the corpses of the affected persons. None of them survived the incident because most were burnt beyond reasonable measures.
“I met about 10 burnt bodies, while those around the tanker could not be recognised. They were packed inside sacks by officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission.
“The tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and entered the ditch around 4:30p.m. The people started trooping to the place of the incident, scooping the fuel until the ugly incident happened around 6p.m.
“What actually happened was that the fuel started spilling into a stream in the community while the residents continue to scoop the fuel with buckets and kegs until the explosion occurred.
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