Fire guts petrol tank inside Abuja filling station

A fuel tanker was, on Thursday, gutted by fire at Mainland Oil and Gas filling station, Dutse junction, Abuja.

The filling station is located along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway.

Daily Trust learnt that the incident occurred around 5:30pm.

Commuters and passersby were said to be thrown into confusion as the heat of the flame could be felt up to a kilometre from the station.

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In a statement, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh quickly mobilised to the scene.

According to Adeh, no death was recorded.

The statement said, “In response to the fire outbreak at Mainland Oil and Gas filling station in Kubwa, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, swiftly mobilised police patrol teams from Kubwa division and personnel of PMF 50 alongside operatives of the Federal Fire Service to the scene to possibly rescue victims, extinguish the fire, and protect other assets of the filling station from being engulfed.

“While no fatalities were recorded, preliminary investigation revealed that a tanker discharging fuel actually caught fire, but with the combined effort of the police operatives, fire service personnel, and members of the public, the fire was extinguished even though the tanker got burned completely.

“While the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, the situation is now very much under control, as the fire has been extinguished.”