Despite knowing the danger involved, residents were seen rushing with their gallons and buckets to scoop fuel from a fallen tanker in Biase local government area of Cross River state. Moments after the tanker crashed and landed into a ditch, the residents were notified as they rushed to the scene to scoop fuel.

This is coming after the fuel tanker explosion which happened on Thursday on Otedola bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway where at least 9 people were killed and over 50 vehicles burnt. A tanker which was loaded with PMS, had a brake failure while trying to overtake a vehicle before crashing and exploding in the process.

Unfortunately 9 bodies were confirmed dead and recovered from the scene (8 adults and 1 minor) and a total number of 54 vehicles were completely burnt as a result of the inferno.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/06/fuel-tanker-crashes-in-cross-river-state-as-residents-rush-with-their-gallons-photos.html

The number of people scooping is not encouraging at all. More people should have trooped in their thousands to scoop as much as they can so the tanker can be emptied in due time instead of being left to leak on the floor and go to waste by being dried up by the scorching sun.

ChiefAzubuike:
More people should have trooped in their thousands to scoop as much as they can so the tanker can be emptied in due time.

And if there is an explosion, aren't we going to have much casualties from your suggestion?

if fire should burst out now we will start sympathizing for someone who willingly choose death.

ChiefAzubuike:

That can never happen. People from that side are more careful, calculative and cautious than their Lagos-Ibadan counterpart in the west.

God!

See the kinda compatriot you threw me to live with in Nigeria.

What is my sin O lord to deserve this?

Jeez! This have been a recurrent catastrophe in Nigeria but people just refuse to learn.When the citizens don't value their own lives government will intensify the hardship some more.Too bad!

ChiefAzubuike:

That can never happen. People from that side are more careful, calculative and cautious than their Lagos-Ibadan counterpart in the west.

Warped reasoning.
Guess Mr.Nwamaikpe

Nigerians will never learn

Tankers just dey crash dis days. I taya o

Just look at the road, yet there governor is doing highest budget

No just understand some people, with wetin happen for Lagos. Fuel wen u go sell how much na u go take dis risks

What on earth is wrong with Nigerians, Why would Nigeria never learn that things like this are dangerous.. God!

Low IQ is the paramount problem bedevilling Nigeria as a whole .. 80 percent of the population and govt officials including the head suffer from it and the rest of us are victims

Jonathan people they never learn sorry that it sound ash.

We no go learn for this country, later they will be to God.

Who has this country offended. . To day trunk disaster tomorrow the same storyline... it high time we prayed for calamities facing us as a nation...

Hosea 4:6

Dem dey hear news for their side so.

SEASON OF FUEL TANKER crashes like season of Nigeria love films where you will be hearing : love catches rat, Rats catch love, love going up, live going down.

Let all the drivers in Nigeria be subjected to drug test and their motors and cars to be certified before they will finish us like FULANI HERDSMEN.

Ive been to cross river and most part of it is backward and they concentrate on cultism and hiv transmission

Oh really Ok nah.

Tell them to do MOT ennnn Nigeria is very complex inner go die finish.

Nigerians are the paramount problem of Nigeria. So disheartening

OK nah

When these foolish people roast now, some people will start accusing Buhari of having bad luck.

Poverty

Like some folks have recently been recruited to move bad news from Cross River to FP.

But that their governor not try, everything na wash; insecurity, cultism on the rise, even among his government. But yet, "Ayade is working".

Mtcheew.

Probably they were not aware of the danger involved or have not heard about the Lagos scene.

Tolexander:
And what there is an explosion, aren't we going to have much casualty from your suggestion?

they will blame buhari now!